Federation of Law Societies of Canada
National Committee on Accreditation
Syllabus
Civil Procedure
(British Columbia)
(Revised October 2013)
Candidates are advised that the syllabus may be updated from
time-to-time without prior notice.
Candidates are responsible for obtaining the
most current syllabus available.
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Federation of Law Societies of Canada
National Committee on Accreditation
Civil Procedure (British Columbia)
The Civil Procedure examination is based upon the Supreme Court Civil Rules B.C. Reg.
168/2009 along with the other legislation listed therein, i.e. Court of Appeal Act, Supreme Court
Act, and Law and Equity Act. In addition you should study the Jury Act and the Negligence Act.
N.B. Part 8 and Rules 9-1 and 15-1 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules are of particular importance
and you should familiarize yourself with them.
REQUIRED TEXT
The British Columbia Annual Practice [students should use the most current edition available]
(2014) written by Dillon and Turriff. Publisher: Canada Law Book Inc., 240 Edward Street, Aurora,
Ontario, under license from Western Legal Publications (1982) Inc.
There are no further relevant pages with respect to this particular syllabus with the exception of
the names and addresses of the publishers and a sample exam.
Internet sites for provincial legislation:
Ontario: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/html/LEGIS/legis.htm
B.C.:
http://www.bclaws.ca
RECOMMENDED READING
Irvine, M. Frederick, British Columbia Practice, 3d ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Canada 2006)
(previous authors were Beverley McLachlin and James Taylor).
McLachlin, Beverley and Taylor, James P., British Columbia Court Forms, 2d ed., Markham, Ont.:
LexisNexis Canada, 2005)
Fraser, Peter, Horn, John, and Griffin, Susan. The Conduct of Civil Litigation in British Columbia,
2d ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Canada 2007).
Watson, Gary; Borins, Stephen; Williams, Neil J. Canadian Civil Procedure Cases and Materials
(3d ed.) (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1988)
Gertner, Eric. Studies in Civil Procedure (Toronto: Butterworths, 1979)
Williston, W.B. and Rolls, Ronald J. The Conduct of an Action. (Toronto: Butterworths, 1982).
Sopinka, John. The Trial of an Action. 2nd edition. (Toronto: Butterworths, 1998).
Jacob, L.H. et al. The Supreme Court Practice. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1988). (England)
(Volumes 1 and 2)
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Online Resources
The majority of case law and legislative resources needed by NCA students are available on CanLII, the
free legal information resource funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada ( www.canlii.org ).
That includes all decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, and all federal, provincial, territorial and
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