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British Columbia Small Claims Resources

Books
o   Annual review of law and practice (British Columbia: CLE, annual) - The civil procedure chapter includes commentary on small claims court.
o   * British Columbia Small Claims Manual (Ministry of the Attorney General, British Columbia, 1991) (looseleaf)  
o   Celap & Larmondin, Small Claims Court for the Everyday Canadian (North Vancouver: Self Counsel Press, 2000)
o   Hall, D., How to win and get paid in Small Claims Court (Toronto: Butterworths, 1998)
o   Kenkel & Chalmers, Small claims and simplified procedure litigation, 4th ed. (LexisNexis Canada, 2002)
o   Moore K., The legal support staff desk reference (Vancouver: Moore Pub., looseleaf) (5 volumes – Section 13 in volume 2 covers small claims practice)
o   * Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   * Small Claims Act and Rules - Annotated (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   Small Claims practice manual, 3rd ed. (Vancouver: Moore Publishing, 1999)
o   Small Claims: materials prepared for the Continuing Legal Education seminar held in Vancouver, B.C. on September 30, 2005 (Vancouver: CLE, 2005)
o   Small Claims Court: materials prepared for a Continuing Legal Education seminar held in Vancouver, B.C. on April 29, 1994 (Vancouver: CLE, 1994)
o   Small Claims Court rules judicially considered: decisions from a Continuing Legal Education seminar held in Vancouver, B.C. on April 29, 1994 (Vancouver, CLE: 1994)
o   Small claims practice: materials prepared for a Continuing Legal Education seminar held in Vancouver, B.C. on June 8, 1991 (Vancouver: CLE, 1991)
 
Other CLE Course Materials, particularly those titled “Civil litigation conference” and “Civil litigation basics” may also contain information on small claims practice.
 
Websites
Small Claims Court
 
Small claims website
 
Legislation (Small Claims Act)
 
Small Claims Rules
 
Small Claims Forms
 
Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) Guide to Small Claims Court
 
University of British Columbia Legal Aid Manual: Small Claims Procedures
 
Provincial Court Judgment Database (from 1999 to the present)
 
Small Claims Court Filing Assistant (complete Small Claims Court forms online)
 
General comments on small claims procedure