Litigating in British Columbia

Vancouver
Vanessa Gauthier
vgauthier@lindsayllp.ca
Andrew Epstein
aepstein@lindsayllp.ca

Website - lindsayllp.ca

The British Columbia Supreme Court Civil Rules govern the procedures relating to almost all aspects of civil litigation in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Below is a useful summary of some of these rules however, please note that this summary is by no means intended to be an exhaustive checklist or guideline.

This summary relates to actions in the BC Supreme Court commencing by way of a Notice of Civil Claim. Other actions can be commenced by way of petitions and requisition or in Small Claims court.