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Professional Notice

PD - 5: Class Proceedings

  • October 17, 2023

Summary: This Practice Direction sets out the procedure to be followed by a party to a proceeding commenced under the Class Proceedings Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 50, who is seeking to schedule a certification application. It also sets out the requirements for submission of originating process and other documents to the National Class Action Database.

Legal News

Single B.C. legal regulator legislation delayed to spring 2024

  • September 26, 2023

Provincial legislation to reform the Law Society of B.C. will be introduced next spring, instead of this fall, as the government continues to iron out details of a new single legal regulator that promises to make many legal services cheaper and easier to understand for the public.