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General civil practice resources

Books
Canadian
General
o   Abrams & McGuinness, Canadian Civil Procedure Law, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
o   Archibald et al., Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, annual)
o   Biscoe, P., Mareva and Anton Piller orders: freezing and search orders (Markham: Butterworths, 2007 reprint)
o   Cromwell, T., Locus Standi: A Commentary on the Law of Standing in Canada, (Toronto: Carswell, 1986)
o   Grover, S. The child's right to legal standing (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Civil Procedure (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2006)
o   Handley, K., Res Judicata, 4th ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2009)
o   Lange, D., The doctrine of Res Judicata in Canada, 3rd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2010)
o   Meagher, Parties to an Action (Toronto: Butterworths, 1988)
o   Muldoon, P., Law of Intervention: Status and Practice (Aurora, Ont. Canada Law Book, 1989) [Deals with interveners / intervenors and intervener / intervenor status]
o   Olivo & Kelly, Civil litigation, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Emond Mongomery, 2009)
o   Page & Pinos, Summary Judgment (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1998)
o   Rochon et al., Interlocutory Proceedings: Strategy & Practice (Markham: Butterworths, 1996)
o   * Ross, E., Guide to civil litigation (Delta, B.C.: E. Ross Publications, looseleaf)
o   Simser & McKeachie, Civil Asset Forfeiture in Canada (Toronto: Canada Law Book, 2012)
o   * Slutsky & Aron, Tax aspects of litigation (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Stevenson & Cote, Civil Procedure Encyclopaedia (Edmonton: Juriliber, 2003) (5 volumes)
o   Stockwood, D., Civil Litigation: a practical handbook, 5th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2004)
o   Tarrant, J., Amending final judgments and orders (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010)
o   van Kessel, R., Summary judgments and dispositions before trial (Markham: LexisNexis, 2002)
o   * Rolls, R.,  Williston and Rolls' Court Forms (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   van Kessel, R., Dispositions without trial, 2nd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2007)
o   Walker & Sossin, Civil Litigation (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010) 
o   Wirth, C., Interlocutory proceedings (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
 
Alberta
o   Alberta Rules of Court Handbook, v. 1 (Edmonton: Queen’s Printer, 2010)
o   Alberta Rules of Court Handbook, v. 2 (Edmonton: Queen’s Printer, 2010)
o   Fradsham, A., Alberta rules of court annotated (Toronto: Carswell, 2008)
o   Nishisato, I., Alberta litigator's pocket reference (Marham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o   Stevenson & Cote, Alberta civil procedure handbook (Edmonton: Juriliber, annual)
o   Stevenson et al., Civil procedure guide, 4th ed. (Edmonton: Juriliber, looseleaf) (3 volumes)
o   Surrogate Court rules and forms (Alberta Queen's Printer, 2007)
 
British Columbia
o   Annual review of law and practice (British Columbia: CLE, annual)
o   * Bouck, Dillon & Turiff, British Columbia Annual Practice (Aurora: Canada Law Book, annual)
o   British Columbia Court Rules Citator: British Columbia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (Aurora: Western Legal Publications, looseleaf)
o   British Columbia Rules of Court and related enactments (Victoria: Queen's Printer, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Dunn, McCallum & Turiff, Practice Before the Registrar (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   * Fraser, Horn, and Griffen, The Conduct of Civil Litigation in British Columbia, 2nd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   Harris, L., Discovery Practice in British Columbia, 2nd ed. (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   * Irvine, F., British Columbia practice (McLachlin & Taylor), 3rd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, looseleaf) (3 volumes)
o   * Irvine, F., British Columbia Court Forms (McLachlin & Taylor), 2nd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   Pun et al., The annotated British Columbia Law and Equity Act (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Seckel & MacInnis, British Columbia Supreme Court rules annotated (Toronto: Carswell, annual)
o   * van der Hoop et al., Supreme Court Chambers Orders, annotated (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
 
Manitoba
o   Busby, K., Manitoba Queens Bench Rules Annotated (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
 
Nova Scotia
o   Thompson, R., Nova Scotia Civil Procedure Rules (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   Nova Scotia Civil Procedure Rules, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
 
Ontario
o   Archibald & Echlin, Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Toronto: Thompson Carswell, 2008)
o   Cass et al., Discovery: Law, Practice, and Procedure in Ontario (Toronto: Carswell, 1993)
o   Carthy et al., The Ontario annual practice (Aurora: Canada Law Book, annual)
o   * Gale, Marriott & Hemmerick, Holmested and Gale on the Judicature Act of Ontario and Rules of practice (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Ferguson et al., Ontario courtroom procedure (Markham: LexisNexis, 2007)
o   Killeen et al., Ontario Superior Court practice (North York: CCH Canadian, annual)
o   Leon & Rosenbaum, Ontario Civil Court Forms (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Nishisato, I., Ontario litigator’s pocket reference, 2005/2006 ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2005)
o   O'Brien's encyclopaedia of forms, 11th ed.: Ontario Court Forms (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Perell & Morden, The Law of Civil Procedure in Ontario, 2nd ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2014)
o   Polster & Mendlowicz, Ontario litigation procedures, 4th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2005)
o   * Watson & Perkins, Holmested and Watson: Ontario Civil Procedure (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Watson & McGowan, Ontario Civil Practice (Toronto: Carswell, annual)
o   Zuker, M., Ontario Small Claims Court Practice (Toronto: Carswell, annual)
 
Prince Edward Island
o   Rules of court, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown: Queen's Printer, looseleaf)
 
Saskatchewan
o   McKeague, N., The Queens Bench Rules of Saskatchewan: Annotated, 3rd ed. (Regina: Law Society of Saskatchewan, looseleaf)
 
English
o   Atkin’s Encyclopaedia of Court Forms in Civil Proceedings, 2nd ed. (London:  Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   * Colman, A., Encyclopaedia of international commercial litigation (London: Kluwer Law International, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Kersley, R., Broom’s Legal Maxims, 10th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1939)
o   Randall, A., Beal’s Cardinal Rules of Legal Interpretation, 3rd ed. (London: Stevens & Sons, Limited & Toronto:  Carswell, 1924)
o   Spencer Bower, Turner & Handley, The doctrine of Res Judicata, 3rd ed. (London: Butterworths, 1996)
 
American
o   Kane, M., Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, 6th ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2007)
o   Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th ed. (Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2011)
 
Other countries
o   Supreme Court of India practice & procedure: a handbook of information, 2nd rev. ed. (New Delhi: Supreme Court of India, 2007)
 
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