Legal Resources

The legal position of Aboriginal people in British Columbia involves an interplay of federal and provincial law, plus treaty and other rights. Learn the basics of Aboriginal law in BC.

Trial courts hear evidence and decide cases. British Columbia has two levels of trial court, Provincial Court and Supreme Court. Learn which type of cases each of these courts handle.

Explains the procedures normally involved in the purchase of a home in BC, the significance of the documents you’ll encounter, and the role of the professionals who may be involved in the transaction.

This chapter provides information about a selection of relatively common legal questions that are also family law problems. It includes naming and changes of name, wills and estates issues, and conflict of laws.

AdminLawBC.ca brings together information on the complete range of administrative law — the resolution of disputes involving government law as well as how those laws are applied. There is a directory of administrative tribunals and agencies.

An eviction occurs when a landlord legally forces a tenant to move out of a rental unit. This resource looks at the different kinds of evictions, including the different lengths of notice periods, and the deadlines to dispute eviction notices.

This chapter provides an overview of the law on the care of children after separation, looking at where the children will live, how parenting decisions will be made, and how often each person will see the children in more detail.

This website describes how wills and estates on reserve differ from wills and estates off reserve for status Indians who ordinarily lived on reserve at the time of their death. It includes information about what an executor can do for these types of estates.

If you’re experiencing a problem in your tenancy, you should consider putting your concerns in writing to your landlord. TRAC offers the following template letters: Request for Repairs, Request for Return of Deposit, Response to Illegal Eviction Notice, Loss of Quiet Enjoyment, Bed Bugs, and more.

This primer contains a concise summary of Pintea v. Johns. It also demonstrates a number of ways that Pintea may be successfully applied in a legal argument, and highlights specific limitations as well. It also includes summaries of two other very important decisions for SRLs that you can use.