Civil Trial Handbook - 3rd Edition

Why go to court alone? Take your mentor with you!

This publication is essential for: barristers in their first few years of practice.

Current to: December 1, 2010

Recognized as a "thorough and well-organized civil trial practice guide", this winner of the ACLEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Publications gathers key information about trial preparation and strategy from a cross-section of Vancouver's top advocates, some of whom are now serving on the bench. An invaluable resource, this handbook combines black-letter legal and procedural material with very practical information, including objectives, pointers, and strategy.

Examples, anecdotes, suggested forms for written materials, charts, at-your-fingertips information schedules and other assorted "barrister's tricks" make this 6" x 9" softcover book a best seller. Sample questions and scripts are also included where appropriate.

The book is updated regularly, and subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation, and precedents on CD-ROM.

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CLEBC Legal Editor
Laura C. Selby
lselby@cle.bc.ca

1. Initial Steps

2. Pleadings: Defining and Narrowing the Issues

3. Investigating the Case and Gathering Evidence

4. Interlocutory Applications

5. Pre-trial Case Management

6. Preparing Documentary Evidence

7. Preparing Witnesses

8. Anatomy of a Trial

9. Methods of Proof at Trial

10. Witnesses at Trial

11. Motions at Trial

12. Recording the Results of Trial

13. Jury Trials

14. Ethical and Professional Responsibility Issues

15. Costs

Appendices

1. The Trial Plan

2. Quick Reference Material

Editorial Board
Peter C.P. Behie, QC — Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, Nanaimo
The Honourable Mr. Justice David C. Harris — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Jeffrey P. Scouten — Henshall Scouten, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice Kenneth J. Smith — Court of Appeal for BC, Vancouver

Authors
Guy P. Brown — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
D. Geoffrey Cowper, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Alison Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice N. Victoria Gray — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Brook Greenberg — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Keven D. Loo — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
James C. MacInnis — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
George K. Macintosh, QC — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Allan P. Seckel, QC — Deputy Premier, Province of British Columbia, Victoria
The Honourable Mr. Justice Nathan Smith — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Martin R. Taylor, QC — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver
Greg J. Tucker — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Gordon Turriff, QC — Stikeman Elliott LLP, Vancouver