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Summary: The purpose of this Practice Direction is to provide transitional guidance to parties about filing and serving trial briefs, adjourning trial management conferences (TMCs) and filing trial certificates for trials scheduled after changes to the Supreme Court Civil Rules and the Supreme Court Family Rules take effect on September 1, 2023 pursuant to OIC No. 425-2023.

The changes will avoid lawyers having to raise the issue only after incorrect titles or pronouns are used, and supports a shift in professional practice toward asking all people how they should be respectfully addressed.

The new BC Building and Plumbing Code will be effective December 10, 2018 and will apply to building permits applied for on or after that date. The BC Fire Code is anticipated to be adopted in the fall of 2018 and effective December 10, 2018. Buildings with permits in place under the previous 2012 BC Building Code will generally not be affected by the adoption of the new code.

BC Legal Orgs Use Wikipedia-Style Website to Serve Free Legal Information: Dial-A-Law Joins Clicklaw Wikibooks

The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (CBABC), is pleased to announce Law Week 2015