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Reviewed 15 September 2013  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

British Columbia Court Decisions

Court of Appeal (B.C.) Supreme Court (B.C. Sup. Ct.) Provincial Court (B.C. Prov. Ct.)
Additional Resources
¶ Court of Appeal Decisions • Supreme Court Decisions • Provincial Court Decisions … The Canadian Legal Information Institute’s interface to the database of decisions linked above.

British Columbia Legislation

1. Bills and Proceedings
   Statutes of British Columbia (S.B.C.) [session laws]
   See also additional links to provincial legislation on the legislative assembly’s web site.
   2008 Session: Provisions in Force 2007 Session: Provisions in Force 2006 Session: Provisions in Force 2005 Session: Provisions in Force 2004 Session: Provisions in Force 2003 Session: Provisions in Force 2002 Session: Provisions in Force 2001 Session: Provisions in Force 2000 Session: Provisions in Force 1999 Session: Provisions in Force 1998 Session: Provisions in Force 1997 Session: Provisions in Force 1992-1996 Session: Provisions in Force

2. Revised Statutes of British Columbia (R.S.B.C.)
   Note that this database is not kept up-to-date.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Debates and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
   ¶ Supplements to 1996 Revised Statutes … [Queen’s Printer] — Alternative source.
   ¶ Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act … [Electronic Frontier Canada]

British Columbia Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Court of Appeal—Civil Rules     —Criminal Rules Supreme Court—Civil Rules     —Criminal Rules     —Family Rules Provincial Court—Criminal Caseflow Management Rules
Additional Resources
¶ Court of Appeal—Practice Directives and Notices to the Profession: Civil • Criminal … [B.C. Courts]
¶ Supreme Court—Practice Directions: Civil • Criminal • Family … [B.C. Courts]

British Columbia Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   See the list of consolidated statutes for links to regulations. Note that this database is not kept up-to-date.

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Environmental Appeal Board Decisions

British Columbia Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

1. Charters
   Note that a charter could be included in a collection of bylaws (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
   Bylaws
   Coquitlam Nanaimo Nelson North Vancouver Vancouver  

British Columbia Law-Related Periodicals

Other British Columbia Commentary

1. A Guide to Doing Business in British Columbia. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP. … [Lex Mundi]

British Columbia Law-Related Topical Web Sites

British Columbia Court Information

Web Sites
British Columbia Court System Court of Appeal Supreme Court Provincial Court
Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers (see also Home Pages, above)
Court of Appeal Registry Supreme Court Registries Provincial Court Registries

British Columbia Forms

Other British Columbia Resources

Provincial Government
Legislative Assembly ————— Information and Privacy Commissioner Workers Compensation Board
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Staff Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Law Society of British Columbia
   Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   Canadian Bar Association — British Columbia Branch Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia ————— Victoria Bar Association ————— British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Legal Services Society
   Law Schools ♦ Law Society Membership ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia ————— Law Society Membership ————— University of British Columbia Faculty of Law University of Victoria Faculty of Law

2. British Columbia Law Institute … Organization formed to fill the role of the now-defunct Law Reform Commission after government funding for the commission was withdrawn.

3. The Law Centre … Useful legal information for nonlawyers (such as how to conduct a law suit in small claims Court), jointly provided by the Legal Services Society of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, the Law Foundation of British Columbia, and the Victoria Bar Association.

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
British Columbia Legislative Library British Columbia Courthouse Library Society University of British Columbia Law Library University of Victoria: Diana M. Priestly Law Library