New Sup r em e Cou rt Rul e s July 2009 Research Bulletin: Family Rules Concordance Evidence Led Criminal Justice Practice Please note that this document lists each 2009 rule and sets out the closest corresponding 2010 rule. Blanks in the document indicate that no 2010 equivalent exists. 2010 rules that have no corresponding 2009 rule are not listed in this concordance. While we sought to ensure accuracy, this document is being posted for convenience only and should not be relied upon as legally authoritative. If you find any errors or omissions, please notify us by email to: [email protected] Rule 1 — Citation, Application and Interpretation .......................................................................... 4 Rule 2 — Effect of Non-Compliance.............................................................................................. 4 Rule 3 — Time .............................................................................................................................. 5 Rule 4 — Forms and Documents .................................................................................................. 5 Rule 5 — Multiple Claims and Parties ........................................................................................... 6 Rule 6 — Persons Under Disability ............................................................................................... 7 Rule 7 — Partnerships .................................................................................................................. 7 Rule 8 — Form and Commencement of Proceedings ................................................................... 8 Rule 8A — Transfer of Proceedings from Provincial Court ............................................................ 8 Rule 8B — Transfer of Proceedings from Foreign Court ............................................................... 9 Rule 9 — Renewal of Writ ............................................................................................................. 9 Rule 10 — Originating Application ................................................................................................ 9 Rule 11 — Service and Delivery of Documents ........................................................................... 10 Rule 12 — Substituted Service ................................................................................................... 10 Rule 13 — Service Outside British Columbia .............................................................................. 11 Rule 14 — Appearance ............................................................................................................... 11 Rule 15 — Change of Parties...................................................................................................... 12 Rule 16 — Change of Solicitor .................................................................................................... 12 Rule 17 — Default of Appearance to Writ ................................................................................... 12 Rule 18 — Summary Judgment in Action .................................................................................... 13 Rule 18A — Summary Trial ........................................................................................................ 13 1 Rule 19 — Pleadings Generally .................................................................................................. 14 Rule 20 — Statement of Claim .................................................................................................... 15 Rule 21 — Statement of Defence and Counterclaim ................................................................... 15 Rule 22 — Third Party Procedure ............................................................................................... 16 Rule 23 — Reply and Subsequent Pleadings.............................................................................. 16 Rule 24 — Amendment ............................................................................................................... 17 Rule 25 — Default of Pleading .................................................................................................... 17 Rule 26 — Discovery and Inspection of Documents .................................................................... 18 Rule 27 — Examination for Discovery ......................................................................................... 19 Rule 28 — Pre-trial Examination of Witness................................................................................ 20 Rule 29 — Discovery by Interrogatories ...................................................................................... 20 Rule 30 — Physical Examination and Inspection ........................................................................ 20 Rule 31 — Admissions ................................................................................................................ 21 Rule 32 — Inquiries, Assessments and Accounts ....................................................................... 21 Rule 32A — Court Appointed Experts ......................................................................................... 22 Rule 33 — Special Case ............................................................................................................. 22 Rule 34 — Proceedings on a Point of Law .................................................................................. 22 Rule 35 — Pre-trial Conference .................................................................................................. 22 Rule 36 — Discontinuance and Withdrawal ................................................................................ 23 Rule 38 — Depositions ............................................................................................................... 23 Rule 37A — Offers of Settlement ................................................................................................ 23 Rule 37B — Offer to Settle .......................................................................................................... 23 Rule 39 — Trial ........................................................................................................................... 24 Rule 40 — Evidence and Procedure at Trial ............................................................................... 25 Rule 40 — Evidence and Procedure at Trial (continued) ............................................................. 26 Rule 41 — Orders ....................................................................................................................... 28 Rule 42 — Enforcement of Orders .............................................................................................. 29 Rule 42 — Enforcement of Orders (continued) ........................................................................... 30 Rule 42A — Examination in Aid of Execution .............................................................................. 30 Rule 43 — Sales by the Court ..................................................................................................... 31 Rule 44 — Interlocutory Application ............................................................................................ 31 Rule 45 — Injunctions ................................................................................................................. 32 Rule 46 — Detention, Preservation and Recovery of Property .................................................... 32 Rule 47 — Receivers .................................................................................................................. 32 2 Rule 48 — Interpleader ............................................................................................................... 32 Rule 49 — Appeals ..................................................................................................................... 33 Rule 50 — Foreclosure and Cancellation .................................................................................... 33 Rule 51 — Affidavits ................................................................................................................... 33 Rule 51A — Setting Down Applications for Hearing .................................................................... 34 Rule 52 — Chambers ................................................................................................................. 34 Rule 53 — Masters, Registrars and Special Referees ................................................................ 35 Rule 54 — Foreign Judgments.................................................................................................... 35 Rule 54.1 — Canadian Judgments ............................................................................................. 35 Rule 55 — Admiralty Jurisdiction ................................................................................................ 35 Rule 56 — Contempt of Court ..................................................................................................... 36 Rule 57 — Costs ......................................................................................................................... 36 Rule 57 — Costs (continued) ...................................................................................................... 37 Rule 58 — Money in Court .......................................................................................................... 38 Rule 59 — Sittings and Hearings ................................................................................................ 38 Rule 60 — Divorce and Family Law ............................................................................................ 39 Rule 60 — Divorce and Family Law (continued) ......................................................................... 40 Rule 60A — 60B ......................................................................................................................... 40 60C ............................................................................................................................................. 40 Rule 60D ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Rule 60E ..................................................................................................................................... 42 Rule 61 — Administration of Estates (Non-contentious) .............................................................. 42 Rule 62 — Administration of Estates (Contentious)..................................................................... 42 Rule 63 — Crown Practice Rules in Civil Matters ........................................................................ 42 Rule 64 — Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................... 43 Rule 65 — Vancouver Chambers Pilot Project Rule.................................................................... 43 Rule 66 — Fast Track Litigation .................................................................................................. 43 Rule 67 — Fax Filing Pilot Project Rule ...................................................................................... 43 Rule 68 — Expedited Litigation Project Rule ............................................................................... 44 Rule 69 — Electronic Filing Rule................................................................................................. 44 NEW RULES .............................................................................................................................. 45 NEW RULES (continued) ............................................................................................................ 46 3 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 – C it at io n, Ap pli c at io n and Int er pr et at i on P art 1 - In te rp r eta tio n (1) 1-2(1) (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) 1-2 (2) (5) 1-3 (1)(a) (6) 1-1 (2) (7) 1-1 (3) (8) 1-1 (1) (9-10) (11) 1-2 (3) (12) 15-1 (20) (13) N/A (14) N/A (15) N/A New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 2 - Ef f e ct o f No n - Co mpl ia nc e Rul e 2 1 - 5 - If Pa rt ie s Fai l t o Comp l y w ith Ru le s (1) N/A (2) 21-5 (3) None (4) None (5) None (6) None (7) None 4 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 - T im e Rul eNumber 2 1- 2 - T ime (1) 21-2(1) (2) 21-1(2) (3) 21-2 (3) (3.1) 10-9 (1)(4) (3.2) 10-9(2)(3)(5) (4) 21-2(4) (5) 21-2 (5) (6) 21-2 (6) New Family Rule - Fo rm s an d Do cu m ent s; Number Previous Rule Rul e 2 1 - 1 Rul e 6 - 1 - Ad d re s s f o r S e rv ic e Rul e 4 – Fo rm s & Do cum ent s (1) 21-1 (1) (2) 21-1 (2) (3) 21-1 (3) (3.1) 21-1 (4) (4) 21-1 (5) (4.1) (5) (6) (7) 6-1 (1) (7.1) (8) 6-1 (2) (9) (10) 6-1 (3) 5 New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 5 - M ult ip l e Cl ai ms a nd P a rti e s Rul e 2 1 - 3 - M ultipl e Cl ai ms a nd P a rti e s; Rul e 2 0 - 3 - Pe r son s Und er D i sa bi lit y (1) 21-3 (1) (2) 21-3 (2) (3) 21-3 (3) (4) 21-3 (4) (5) 21-3 (5) (6) 21-3 (6) (7) 21-3 (7) (8) 21-3 (6) (9) 21-3 (9) (10) (11) 20-3 (1) (12) 20-3 (2) (13) 20-3 (3); (4); (5) (14) 20-3 (6) (15) 20-3 (7) (16) 20-3 (8) & (9) (17) 20-3 (10) (18) 20-3 (11) (19) 20-3 (12) (20) 20-3 (13) (21) 20-3 (14) (22) 20-4 (1) (23) N/A 6 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 – Pe r son s Und er D i sa bi lit y Rul e 2 0 - 3 - Pe r son s Und er D i sa bi lit y (1) 20-3(1) (2) 20-3 (2) (3) 20-3 (3) (4) 20-3 (4) (5) 20-3(5) (6) 20-3 (6) (7) 20-3(7) (8) 20-3 (8) (8.1) 20-3 (9) (9) 20-3 (10) (10) 20-3(11) (10.1) 20-3 (12) (10.2) 20-3 (13) (11) 20-3 (14) (12) 20-3 (15) (13) 20-3 (16) (14) 20-3 (17) (15) 20-3 (18) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 7 - P a rt n er sh ip s Rul e 2 0- 1 - Pa rtn e rs h ips (1) 20-1 (1) (2) 20-1 (2) (3) 20-1 (3) (4) 20-1 (4) (5) 20-1 (5) (6) 20-1 (6) (7) 20-1 (7) (8) 20-1(8) (9) 20-1 (9) (10) 20-1 (10) 7 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 8 — Fo rm and C omm en ce m ent of P ro ce ed ing s Rul e 4- 1 — Not i ce of Fam il y C la im; P art 22 - Cou rt a nd R egi st r y M atte r s (1) 4-1 (1) (2) (3) (4) 4-1 (2) (5) (6)(7) (8) (9) 22-2(5) (10) 22-3(8) & 22-4(9) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 8 A – T r an sf er of P ro c ee din gs fro m P rov in c ia l Cou r t (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 8 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 8 B – T r an sf er of P ro c ee din gs f ro m F or ei gn Cou rt (1) (2) (3) New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 9 – R en ew al of W rit Rul e 4 - 2 – S e rv in g an d R en ew ing Noti c e o f F am il y C la i m; Rul e 1 7- 1 - Pet iti on s (1) 4-2 (1) & (3); 17-1(20) (2) 4-2 (2) & (3); 17-1(21)(22) (3) 4-2 (4); 17-1(23) (4) N/A (5) 17-1 (20) & (21) & (22)&(23) New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 1 0 – O r ig in at in g App li c ati on Rul e 4 - 1 - N oti c e of F am il y Cl ai m; Rul e 1 7- 1 - Pet iti on s (1) 3-1(2);4-1(1) (2) 10-7(1); 10-8(1);17-1(24) (3) 17-1(2) (4) 17-1(3) (5) 17-1(4) (6) 17-1(4) (7) 17-1(6) (8) 17-1(7) (9 – 17) N/A 3-1(2)(b) 9 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 1 – S e rv i ce & De liv er y of D oc um ent s P art 6 S erv ic e (1) 6-3(1)(a) (2) 6-2(1) and 6-3(1) (3) 6-3(5) (4) 6-3 (2)(c) (5) 6-3(3) (6) (6.1) 6-2 (2) (6.2) 6-2 (5) (6.3) 6-2 (4) (6.4) 6-2 (6) (6.5) 6-7 (1) (7) 6-6(1) (8) 6-6(1)(e)(ii) (9) (10) 6-2 (7) (11) 6-6(3) (12) 6-6(2) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 2 - Sub st it ut ed S e rv i ce Rul e 6 - Al t e rn ativ e M ethods of S e rv ic e (1) 6-4(1) (2) (3) 6-4(2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 11) 10 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 3 — S e rv i ce O ut s ide B r iti sh Colu mb ia Rul e 6 - 5 - S erv i c e O u tsi de B ri ti sh Colu mb ia (1) 6-5(1) (2) (3) 6-5(2) (4) 6-5(3) (5) 6-5(4) (6) N/A (6.1) N/A (7) 6-5(5) (8) 6-5(6) (9) 6-5(7) (10) N/A (11) 6-5(8) (12) 6-5(9) (13) 6-5(10) (14) 6-5(11) (15) 6-5(12) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 4 — Ap p e a ran c e Rul e 1 8 - 2 — Ju ri sd ic t ion al D is put es (1) N/A (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) 18-2(1) (6.1) 18-2(2) (6.2) 18-2(3) (6.3) 18-2(4) (6.4) 18-2(5) (7-8) 11 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 5 — Ch ang e of P art i es Rul e 8 - 2 — Ch ang e o f P a rt ie s (1) 8-2(1) (2) 8-2(2) (3) 8-2(3) (4) 8-2(4) (5) (a) 8-2 (7) (5)(b) 8-27(9) (6) 8-2(6) (7) 8-2(10) (8) 8-2(5) (9) 8-2(6) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 6 — Ch ang e of So li cit or Rul e 2 1 - 4 — Ch ang e of L aw ye r (1) 21-4 (1) (2) 21-4 (2) (3) (4) 21-4 (3) (5) 21-4 (4) (6) 21-4 (5) (7) 21-4 (6) (8) 21-4 (7) (9) 21-4 (8) (10) 21-4 (9) (11) 21-4 (10) (12) 21-4(11) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 7 — D ef a ult of Ap p ea r an ce t o W rit N/A 12 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 8 — S umm a r y Judg m ent in Ac t ion (1) N/A (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) N/A (7) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 8 A — Su mm ar y T ri al Rul e 1 1 - 3 — Su mm a r y T r ia l (1) 11-3(2); 10-11(1) (1.1) 11-3(3) (2) 11-3(4) (3) 11-3(5) (4) 11-3(6) (4.1) 11-3(7) (5) 11-3(8) (6) 11-3(9) (7) 11-3(10) (8) 11-3(11) (9) N/A (10) 11-3(12) (10.1) 11-3(13) (10.2) 11-3(14) (11) 11-3(15) (12) 11-3(16) (13) 11-3(17) (14) N/A (15) 11-3(18) (16) N/A 13 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 1 9 — P l ead ing s G en e ra ll y Rul e 4 - 6 — P l ea din gs G e ne r al l y (1) (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) . (6) N/A (7) 4-6(1) (8) 4-6(2) (9) N/A (9.1) N/A (10) N/A (11) N/A (11.1) N/A (12) N/A (13) 16-1(16) (14) 4-1(1)(2); 4-3(1); 4-4(2)(4); 4-4(5) (15) N/A (16) 4-6(3) (17) 4-6(4) (18) 4-6(5) (19) 9-6(2) (20) 9-6(2) (21) Gone (22) Gone (23) Gone (24) 11-2(1) (25) 11-2(3 (26) 11-2(4) (27) 11-2(2) (28) N/A (29) N/A 14 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 0 — St at em ent of C l aim Rul e 2- 2 — Jo int F am il y L aw C a se; Rul e 4 - 1 — Not i ce of Fam il y C la im (1) 2-2(2); 4-1(1) (2) 2-2(2); 4-1(2) (3) Gone (4) 14-2(4) (5) Gone Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 1 — St at em ent of D ef en ce and Count e rc l ai m Rul e 4 - 3 — R es pond i ng to a N oti c e of Fam il y C la im; Ru l e 4 - 4 - C ount e rc la im (1) 4-3(1) (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) 4-4(2) (6) 4-4(1) & 4-4(2) (7) Gone (8) 4-4(3) (9) 1-1(1) (10) 4-4(4) (11) 4-4(4) (12) 4-4(5) (13) 21-3(7) (14) 4-4(7) (15) 4-4(8) (16) N/A (17) N/A (18) N/A (19) N/A 15 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 2 — T hi rd P art y P ro ce du re Rul e 4- 4 — Co unt er cl ai m (1) 4-4(2) 23-1(8) (2) 4-4(2) (3) 4-4(4)(b) (4) N/A (5) 4-4(4) (6) N/A (7) N/A (8) 4-4(5) (9) N/A (10) 10-10(2) (11) 10-10(2) (12) N/A (13) N/A (14) N/A (15) N/A (16) N/A (17) N/A (18) 21-3(7) (19) 21-3(7) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 3 — R epl y an d Sub s equ ent Pl e adi ng s Rul e 4- 4 — Co unt er cl ai m (1) 4-4(2) (2) 4-4(2) (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) N/A (7) N/A 16 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 4 — Am e n dm e nt Rul e 8 - 1 — Am en dm e nt of Pl ea din gs (1) 8-1(1) (2) 8-1(2) (3) 8-1(3) (4) 8-1(4) (5) 8-1(8) (6) 8-1(4) (7) 8-1(7) (8) 8-1(5) (9) 8-1(6) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 5 — D ef a ult of Pl e ad ing Rul e 1 0 - 10 — F in al O rd er s in Und efe nd ed Fa mi l y L aw C as e s (1) 1-1(1); 10-10(1) (2) 1-1(1); 10-10(1) (3) 10-10(1)(2) (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) N/A (7) N/A (8) N/A (9) 22-7(7) (10) Gone (11) N/A (12) N/A (13) N/A (14) Gone (15) N/A (16) N/A 17 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 6 — Di s cov e r y and In sp e ct io n o f Doc um ent s Rul e 9- 1 — D is cov er y an d In spe ct ion of Doc um ent s (1) (1.1) (1.2) 9-1 (11)(a) (1.3) 9-1(2) (1.4) N/A (1.5) N/A (1.6) N/A (2) 9-1(3) (2.1) 9-1(4) (3) 9-1(5) (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) N/A (7) 9-1(12) (8) N/A (9) 9-1(13) (10) 9-1(14) (11) 9-1 (15) & (16) (12) 9-1(17) (13) 9-1(6) (14) 9-1(18) (15) 9-1(19) 18 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 7 — E x am in at i on f o r D is cov er y Rul e 9- 2 — E x am in ati on fo r D is cov er y (1) 9-2(2) (2) 9-2(4) (3) 9-2(1) (4) 9-2(5) (5) 9-2(5) (6) 9-2(5) (7) 9-2(5) (8) 9-2(6) (9) N/A (10) 9-2(7) (11) 9-2(8) (12) 9-2(9) (13) (14) 9-2(10) (15) 9-2(11) (16) 9-2(12) (17) 9-2(12) (18) (19) 9-2(19) (20) 9-2(15) (21) 9-2(16) (22) 9-2(17) (22.1) N/A (22.2) N/A (22.3) N/A (23) 9-2 (18) (24) 9-2(21) (25) 9-2(22) (26) 9-2 (23) & (24) 19 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 8 — P r e- t ri al E xa mi nat ion of W it ne s s Rul e 9 - 4 — P r e- t ri al E xa min at ion of W itne s s (1) 9-4(1) (2) 9-4(2) (3) 9-4(3) (4) N/A (5) 9-4 (5) & (6) (6) 9-4(7) (7) 9-4(8) (8) 9-4(10) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 2 9 — Di s cov e r y b y Int e rr og ato ri e s Rul e 9- 3 — D is cov er y b y Int er ro gat or ie s (1) 9-3 (1) & (4) (2) 9-3(2) (3) N/A (4) 9-3(5) (5) 9-3(6) (6) 9-3(7) (7) 9-3(8) (8) 9-3(9) (9) 9-3(10) (10) 9-3(11) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 0 — P h ysi c al E xa mi nat ion and In sp e ct io n Rul e 9 - 5 — P h ys ic al E xa min at ion and In sp e ctio n (1) 9-5(1) (2) 9-5(2) (3) 9-5(3) (4) 9-5(4) (5) 9-5(5) (6) 9-5(6) 20 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 1 — Ad m i ss ion s Rul e 9- 6 — Ad mi s sio ns (1) 9-6(1) (2) 9-6(2) (3) 9-6(3) (4) 9-6(4) (5) 9-6(5) (6) 9-6(6) (7–9) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 2 — Inq u i ri e s, As s e s sm ent s and Ac c ount s Rul e 1 8 - 1 — Inqu i ri e s , As s e s sm ent s and Ac c ount s (1) 18-1 (1) (2) 18-1 (2) (3) 18-1 (3) (4) 18-1 (4) (5) 18-1 (5) (6) 18-1 (6) (7) 18-1 (7) (8) 13-6(3)(4)18-1 (8) (8.1) 18-1 (9) (9) 18-1 (10) (10) 18-1 (11) (11) 18-1 (12) & (13) (12) 18-1 (14) (13) 18-1 (15) &(16) (14) 18-1 (17) (15) (16) 18-1 (18) & (19) (17) 18-1 (20) (18) 18-1 (21) (19) 18-1 (22) 21 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 2 A — C ou rt Ap point ed Ex pe rt s Rul e 1 3 - 5 — Ap po int ment of C ou rt's ow n E xp er t (1) 13-5(1) (2) 13-5(2)(3) (3) 13-5(8) (4) 13-5(9) (5) 13-5(10) (6) 13-5(11) (7) 13-5(12)(a) (8) 13-5(13); 13-6(3)(4) (9) 13-5(12(b) (10) 13-1(3); 13-4(10) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 3 — S pe ci a l Ca se (1) N/A (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rule 33A — Stated Cases N/A New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 3 4 — P ro c ee din gs on a P oin t of Law (1) N/A (2) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 5 — P r e- t ri al C onf e r en ce Rul e 1 4 - 3 — T r ia l M a nag em ent Conf e ren c e (1) 14-3(1) (2) N/A (3) N/A (3.1) N/A (4) 14-3(9) (5) Gone (6) 7-2(1) (7) 14-3(2) (8) 7-2(3) 22 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 6 — Di s cont inu an ce a nd W it hd r aw al Rul e 1 1 - 4 — Di s cont i nuan c e and W ithd r aw al (1) 11-4(1) (2) 11-4(2) (3) 11-4(3) (4) 11-4(4) (5) N/A (6) 11-4(5) (7) 11-4(6) (8) 11-4(7) (9) 11-4(8) New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 3 7 A — O f f e rs of S et t le m ent Repealed in 2008 New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 3 7B — O f f e r t o S et t l e Rul e 1 1 - 1 — O f fe r to S ettl e (1) 11-1(1) (2) 11-1(2) (3) 11-1(3) (4) 11-1(4) (5) 11-1(5) (6) 11-1(6) (7) N/A (8) 11-1(7) New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 3 8 — D epo sit ion s Rul e 9- 7 — D epo sit io ns (1) 9-7 (1) & (2) (2) 9-7(3) (3) 9-7 (5) & (6) (4) 9-7(7) (5) 9-7(8) (6) 9-7(9) (7) 9-7(10) (8) 9-7(11) (9) 9-7(12) (10) 9-7(13) (11) 9-7(14) (12) 9-7(15) (13) 9-7(16) (14) 9-7(17) 23 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 3 9 — T r i al P art 14 — T ri a l Rul e s (1) 14-1(1) (2) 14-2(1) (3) 14-2(3) (4) 14-2(4) (5) 14-2(3) (5.1–5.2) N/A (6) 12-1 (6) (7) 12-1 (5) (8) 12-1 (8) (9) 12-1 (9); 22-1(1) (10) 12-1 (10) (11) 14-4(1) (11.1) 14-4(2) (11.2) N/A (12) 14-4(3) (13) 14-4(4) (14) 14-4(6) (15–18) N/A (19) 14-5(1)(2) (20) 14-5(3) (21) 14-5(4) (22) 14-5(5) (23) 14-5(6) (24) 14-6(1) (25) N/A (26) N/A (26.1) N/A (27) N/A (28) 14-7(66) (29) 14-6(2); 14-7(67) (30) 14-7(68) (31) 14-7(69); 22-1(5) (32) 14-7(75); 21-6(2) (33) 14-7(76); 21-6(1) (34) 14-7(77); 21-6(3) (35) (36) N/A 24 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 0 — Ev ide nc e and Pr oc edu r e at T ria l P art 14 - 7 — Ev id en ce an d P ro ce du re at T ria l (1) 14-7(1) (2) 14-7(27) (3) 14-7(2) (4) 14-7(54) (5) 14-7(55) (6) 14-7(70) (7) 14-7(3) (8) 14-7(4) (9) 14-7(5) (10) 14-7(6) (11) 14-7(7) (12) 14-7(8) (12.1) 14-7(9) (13 14-7(10) (14) 14-7(11) (15) 14-7(12)(13) (16) 14-7(14) (16.1) 14-7(15) (16.2) 14-7(16) (16.3) 14-7(17) (16.4) 14-7(18) (17) 14-7(20) (17.1) 14-7(21) (17.2) 14-7(22) (17.3) 14-7(23) (17.4) 14-7(24) (18) 14-7(18) (19) 14-7(25) (20) 14-7(26) (21) 14-7(29) (22) 14-7(30) (23) 14-7(40) (24) 14-7(41) (25) 14-7(42)(43)(44) (26) 14-7(45) (27) 14-7(46)-(49) (28) 14-7(50) (29) 14-7(51) (30) 14-7(52)(53) 25 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 0 — Ev ide nc e and Pr oc edu r e at T r ia l ( co nt in ue d) P art 14 - 7 — Ev id en ce an d P ro ce du re at T r ia l (co ntin ue d) (31) 14-7(56) (32) 14-7(57) (33) 14-7(58) (34) 14-7(32) (35) 14-7(31) (36) 14-7(33) (37) 14-7(34) (38) 14-7(35) (39) 14-7(36) (40) 14-7(37) (41) 14-7(38) (42) 14-7(39) (43) 14-7(74) (44) 14-7(59) (45) 14-7(60) (45.1) 14-7(61) (45.2) 14-7(62) (46) 14-7(63) (47–48) N/A (49) 14-7(64) (50) 14-7(65) (51) N/A (52) 14-7(71) (53) 14-7(72) (54) 14-7(73) 26 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rule 40A — Evidence of Experts Part 13 — Court-ordered Reports and Expert Witnesses (1) N/A (2) 13-1(2); 13-7(1) (3) 13-7(1) (4) 13-7(1) (5) 13-6(1) (6) 13-6(2) (7) 13-7(1) (8) 13-6(9) (9) 13-6(3) (10) 13-1(2); 13-7(2) (11) N/A (12) 13-1(4); 13-7(4) (13) 13-6(10) (14) 13-6(11) (15) N/A (16) 13-7(6) (17) N/A 27 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 1 — O r de r s Rul e 1 5- 1 — O rd e r s (1) N/A (2) N/A (3) N/A (4) N/A (5) N/A (6) N/A (7) N/A (8) 15-1(3) (9) 15-1(1) (10) 15-1(5) (11) 15-1(6) (12) 15-1(7) (13) 15-1(8)(10) (14) 15-1(9) (15) 15-1(11) (16) 10-7(1) & 15-1(1)(a) (16.1) 10-7(1) & 17-1 (2) (16.2) 10-7(2) & 17 -1 (3) (16.3) 10-8(1) & 20-5 (3); 17-1(24) (16.4) 10-8(2) 17-1(25) (16.5) 10-7(3); 10-8(3) 17-1(25) (17) N/A (18) 15-1(12) (19) 15-1(13) (20) 15-1(14) (21) 15-1(15) (22) 15-1(16) (23) 15-1(17) (24) 15-1(18) (25) GONE (26) 15-1(19) 28 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 2 — E nf o rc em e nt of O rde r s Rul e 1 5 - 4 — Enf or c e ment of O rd er s (1) 15-4(1) (2) 15-4(2) (3) 15-4(3) (4) 15-4(4) (5) 15-4(5) (6) 15-4(6) (7) 15-4(7) (8) 15-4(8)(9) (9) 15-4(10) (10) 15-4(11) (11) 15-4(12) (12) 15-4(13) (13) 15-4(14) (14) 15-4(15)(16)(17) (15) 15-4(18)-(21) (16) 15-4(22)-26) (17) 15-4(27) (18) 15-4(28) (19) 15-4(29) (20) 15-4(30) (21) 15-4(31)-(33) (22) 15-4(34) (23) 15-6(1) (24) 15-6(2) (25) 15-6(3) (26) 15-6(4) (27) 15-6(5) (28) 15-6(6) (29) 15-6(7) (30) 15-6(8) 29 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 2 — E nf o rc em e nt of O rde r s ( cont inu ed) Rul e 1 5 - 4 — Enf or c e ment of O rd er s (cont inu ed) (31) 15-6(9) (32) 15-6-(10) (33) 15-6(11) (34) 15-6(12) (35) 15-6(13)(14) (36) 15-6(15) (37) 15-6(16) (38) 15-6(17)(18) (39) 15-6(19) (40) 15-6(20) (41) 15-6(21)-(24) (42) 15-6(25) (43) 15-6(26) (44) 15-6(27) (45) N/A (46) 15-6(28) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 2 A — E xa min at ion in Ai d of E xe cut ion Rul e 1 5 - 7 — E xa mi na tion s in Ai d o f E xe cut ion (1) 15-7(2) (2) 15-7(3) (3) 15-7(4) (4) 15-7(5) (5) 15-7(6) (6) 15-7(7) (7) 15-7(8) (8) 15-7(9) (9) 15-7(1) 30 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 3 — S a le s b y t he Cou rt Rul e 1 5 - 8 — S al e s b y th e Cou rt (1) 15-8(1) (2) N/A (3) 15-8(2) (4) 15-8(3) (5) 15-8(4) (6) 15-8(5) (7) 15-8(6) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 4 — Int e rlo cut or y Ap p li c atio n P art 10 — O bt a ini ng O rd e rs O th e r than a t T ri a l (1) 10-5(1) (2) 10-5(1) (3) 10-6(2) (4) 10-6(3) (5) 10-6(6) (6) 10-6(11); 16-1(4) (6.1) 10-6(10) (7) 10-6(8) (8) 10-6(12); 16-1 (6) (9) 10-6(13) (10) 10-2(1) (11) 10-6(3)(g) (12) 10-2(2) (13) 10-2(3) (14) 10-2(4) (15) 10-2(5) (16) 10-2(6) (17) 10-2(7) (18) 10-2(8) 31 New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 4 5 — In jun ct i on s (1) 12-4(1) (2) 12-4(2) (3) 12-4(3) (4) 12-4(4) (5) N/A (6) 12-4(5) (7) 12-4(6) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 6 — D et e nt io n, P r e se rv at ion and Re cov e r y of P rop e rt y (1) 12-1(1) (2) 12-1(2) (3) 12-1(3) (4) 12-1(4) (5) 12-1(5) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 7 — R ec eiv e rs (1) 12-2(1) (2) 12-2(2) (3) 12-2(3) (4) 12-2(4) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 8 — Int e rpl e ad er (1) 12-3(1) (2) 12-3(2) (3) 12-3(3) (4) 12-3(4) (5) 12-3(5) (6) 12-3(6) (7) 12-3(7) (8) 12-3(8) (9) 12-3(9) 32 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 4 9 — Ap p e al s (1) 18-3 (1) (2) 18-3 (2) (3) 18-3 (3) (3.1) 18-3 (4) (3.2) 18-3 (5) (4) 18-3 (6) (5) 18-3 (7) (6) 18-3 (8) (7) 18-3 (9) (8) 18-3 (10) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 0 — Fo re c los ur e and Can c el la t io n N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 1 — Af f id av it s (1) 10-4(1) (2) 10-4(2) (2.1) 10-4(3) (3) 10-4(4) (4) 10-4(5) (5) 10-4(6) (6) 10-4(7) (7) 10-4(8) (8) 10-4(9) (8.1) 10-4(10) (9) 10-4(11) (10) 10-4(12)(13) (11) 10-4(14) (12) 10-4(15) (13) 10-4(16) 33 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 1 A — S et t in g D ow n App li ca tio ns f or H ea r ing (1) (2) 10-6(1) (3) 17-1(8) (4) 16-1 (8) (5) 10-6(4); 17-1(9) (6) 10-6(5) & 17-1(10) (7) (8) 10-6(7) (9) (10) (11) 17-1(11) (12) 10-6(14)(15); 17-1(11) (12) (13) 10-6(16); 17-1(13) (14) 10-6(17); 17-1(14) (15) 10-6(18); 17-1(15) (16) 10-6(19); 17-1(16) (17) (18) 10-6(20); 17-1(17) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 2 — Ch am be r s (1) (2) 10-3(1) (3) 10-3(1) (4) 10-3(2) (5) 10-3(3) (6) (7) (8) 10-3(4) (9) 10-3(5) (10) 10-3(6) (11) 10-3(7) (12) 10-3(8) (12.1) 10-9(6) (12.2) 10-9(7) (12.3) 10-9(8) (13) 10-3(10) (14) 10-3(11) 34 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 3 — M a st e r s, R egi st r ar s an d Sp e ci al R ef er e es (1) 22-7(1) (2) 22-7(2) (3) 22-7(3) (4) 22-7(4) (4.1) 22-7(5) (5) 22-7(6) (5.1) 22-7(7) (6) 22-7(8) (7) 22-7(9) (8) 22-7(10) (9) 22-7(11) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 4 — Fo re ign Ju dgm ent s (1) 19-2 (1) (2) 19-2 (2) (3) 19-2 (3) (4) 19-2 (4) (5) 19-2 (5) (6) 19-2 (6) (7) 19-2 (7) (8) 19-2(8) (9) 19-2 (9) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 4. 1 — C an adi a n J udg men ts (1) 19-1 (1) (2) 19-1 (2) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 5 — Ad m i r alt y Ju ri sd ict ion N/ A 35 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 6 — Con t e mpt of C ou rt (1) 21-7 (1) (2) 21-7(2) (3) 21-7(3) (4) 21-7(4) (5) 21-7(5)(6) (6) 21-7(7)(8) (6.1) 21-7(9) (6.2) 21-7 (10) (7) 21-7(11) (8) 21-7(12) (9) 21-7(13) (10) 21-7(14) (11) 21-7(15) (12) 21-7(16) (13) 21-7(17) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 7 — Co st s Rul e 1 6 — Co st s (1) 16-1(1)(a)(b) (2) N/A (3) 16-1(2) (4) 16-1 (4) (5) N/A (6) 16-1 (3) (7) 16-1 (5) (8) N/A (8.1) 16-1 (6) (8.2) N/A (9) 16-1(7) (10) N/A (11) 16-1(8) (12) 16-1(9) (12.1) 16-1(10) (13) 16-1 (1)(c)(d) (13.1) N/A (14) 16-1(13) (15) 16-1(14) (16) 16-1(15) (17) 16-1(16) 36 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 7 — Co st s ( cont inu ed) Rul e 1 6 — Co st s (cont inu ed) (18) 16-1(17) (19) 16-1(18) (20)–(27) N/A (28) 16-1(19) (29) 16-1(20) (29.01) 16-1(21) (29.02) 16-1(22) (29.1) 16-1(23) (30) 16-1(24) (30.1) N/A (31) N/A (32) 16-1(25) (32.1) N/A (33) 16-1(26) (34) 16-1(27) (35) 16-1(28) (36) 16-1(29) (37) 16-1(30) (38) 16-1(31) (39) 16-1(32) (40) 16-1(33) (41) 16-1(34) (42) N/A (43) 16-1(35) (44) 16-1(36) (45) N/A (46) N/A New Family Rule Previous Rule 37 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 8 — M one y in Cou rt (1) 22-5(1) (2) 22-5(2) (3) 22-5(3) (4) 22-5(4) (5) 22-5(5) (6) 22-5(6) (7) 22-5(7) (8) 22-5(8) (9) 22-5(9) (10) 22-5(10) (11) 22-5(11) (12) 22-5(12) (13) 22-5(13) (14) 22-5(14) (14.1) 22-5(15) (15) 22-5(16) (16) 22-5(17) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 5 9 — S it t ing s a nd H e a rin gs (1) 22-6(1) (2) 22-6(2) (3) 22-1(3); 22-6(3)(4) (4) 22-1(4); 22-6(3)(4) 38 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 0 — Div o r c e an d F am il y L aw (1) 1-1(1) (2) 1-2(2) (3) None (4) None (5) 3-1(1)(2); 4-1(1) (6) 3-1(2)(e) (7) 10-10(5) (8) 21-2(4) (9) 2-2(2); 4-3(1); 4-4(2); 4-4(5) (10) 4-5(1) (11) 2-2(1) (12) 2-2(2) (13) 2-2(3)(4); (14) 4-5(3) (15) 4-5(2) (16) 21-3(1) (17) 20-2(1) (18) 20-2(2) (19) 6-3(2)(a) (20) 10-4(4) (21) 22-1(6) (22) Gone (23) 10-10(4) (24) 10-10(1) (25) 10-10(2) (26) 10-10(5) (27) 14-4(5) (28) 15-2(1) (29) 15-2(2) (30) 15-1(1); 15-2(2) (31) 15-2(3) (32) 15-2(4) (33) 15-1(1)(b)(2) 34) 22-1(7) 39 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 0 — Div o r c e an d F am il y L aw ( cont inu ed) (35) 15-3(1) (36) 15-3(2) (37) 15-3(3) (38) 15-3(4) (39) 15-3(5) (40) 15-3(6) (41) 22-8(1) (41.1) 22-8(2) (41.2) 22-8(3) (41.3) 22-8(4) (42) 22-8(5) (43) 22-8(6) (44) 2-1(1) (45) 15-5(1) (46) 15-5(2) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 0 A — 60 B N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule 60 C 18- 3 — Ap pe a ls and 10 - 5 - Non - Fin al O rd e rs (1) N/A (2) 10-5(1) (3) 10-5(1) (4) N/A (5) 22-2(13) (6) Gone (7) 18-3(1) (8) 18-3(2) (9) 18-3(6) (10) 18-3(7)(a) (11) N/A (12) 18-3(7) (13) N/A 40 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 0D (1) 5-1(1) (2) 5-1(2) (2.1) 5-1(3) (3) 5-1(4) (4) 5-1(5) (5) 5-1(6) (6) 5-1(7) (7) 5-1(11) (8) 5-1(8) (9) 5-1(9) (10) 5-1(11) (11) 5-1(10) (12) 5-1(11) (13) 5-1(12) (14) 5-1(12) (15) 5-1(12) (16) 5-1(28)(g) (17) 5-1(13) (18) 5-1(14) (19) 10-3(4)(a) (20) 5-1(15) (21) 5-1(16) (22) 5-1(17) (23) 5-1(18) (24) 5-1(19) (25) 5-1(20) (26) 5-1(21) (27) 5-1(22) (28) 5-1(23) (29) 5-1(24) (30) 5-1(25) (31) 5-1(26) (32) 5-1(27) (33) 16-1(10) (34) 5-1(28) (35) 5-1(29) (36) 5-1(30) (37) 5-1(31) (38) 5-1(32) 41 Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 0 E Fam il y Law P ro ce ed i ng — Jud ic i al Ca s e Conf e re nc e s (1) 7-1(2) (2) 7-1(3) (3) 7-1(4) (4) 7-1(5)(6) (5) 7-1(1)(7) (6) 7-1(8) (7) 7-1(9) (7.1) 7-1(10) (7.2) 7-1(11) (8) 7-1(12) (9) 7-1(13) (10) 7-1(16) (11) 7-1(15) (12) 7-1(15) (13) 7-1(17) (14) 7-1(18) (15) N/A (16) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 1 — Ad m in i st r at i on o f E sta te s ( Non - cont ent iou s) N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 2 — Ad m in i st r at i on o f E sta te s ( Cont ent iou s) N/A New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 6 3 — C row n P ra ct i c e Rul e s in Civ i l M at t e r s N/A 42 Family Rules Concordance Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 4 — M is c el la ne ous (1) 22-2 (1) (1.1) N/A (2) 22-2 (2) (3) 22-2(3) (4) 22-2(4) (5) 22-2(5) (6) 22-2(6) (7) 22-2(7) (8) 22-2(8) (9) 22-2(9) (10) 22-2(10) (11) 22-2(11) (12) 22-2(12) (13) 22-2(13) Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 5 — V an couv e r Ch am be r s Pi lot Pr oj ec t Rul e N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 6 — Fa st T ra c k Lit ig at i on N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 7 — Fa x Fi lin g Pi lot Pr oj ec t Rul e (1) 22-3 (1) (2) 22-3(2) (3) 22-3(3) (4) 22-3(4) (5) 22-3(5) (6) 22-3(6) (7) 22-3(7) (8) N/A (9) 22-3(8) (10) N/A 43 New Family Rule Previous Rule Rul e 6 8 — E xp ed it e d Lit i gat ion Pr oj e ct Rul e N/A Previous Rule New Family Rule Rul e 6 9 — E l ect ro ni c Fi lin g Rul e (1) 22-4(1) (2) 22-4(2) (3) 22-4(3) (4) 22-4(4) (5) 22-4(5) (6) 22-4(6) (7) 22-4(7) (7.1) 22-4(8) (8) 22-4(9) (9) 22-4(10) (10) 22-4(11) (11) (12) 22-4(12) (13) 22-4(13) (14) 22-4(14) (15) 22-4(15) (16) 22-4(16) (17) (18) 22-4(17) (19) 4-2 (6) (20) 22-4(18) (21) 44 Family Rules Concordance New Family Rule Previous Rule NEW R UL E S 1-1(4) Interpretation 1-3(2) Object of Rules 2-2(5) Joint Family Law Case 4-3(2) Responding to a Notice of Family Claim 4-4(6) Counterclaim 6-2(3) Ordinary Service 6-3(2) Personal Service 6-3(4) Personal Service 6-4(3) Alternative Methods of Service 6-6(4) Proving Service 6-7(1) Relief 7-1(14) Judicial Case Conference 9-1(7) Discovery and Inspection of Documents 9-1(8) Discovery and Inspection of Documents 9-1(9) Discovery and Inspection of Documents 9-1(10) Discovery and Inspection of Documents 9-2(3) Examinations for Discovery 9-2(20) Examinations for Discovery 9-3(3) Discovery by Interrogatories 9-4(4) Pre-trial examination of witness 9-4(9) Pre-trial examination of witness 9-7(4) Depositions 10-1 Choosing the Appropriate Procedure 10-3(9) Chambers proceedings 10-6(9) Usual Application Procedure 10-6 10-7 10-10(3) Final orders in undefended family law cases 45 Previous Rule New Family Rule NEW R UL E S ( c ont i nu ed) 11-3(1) Summary Trial 13-1(1) Court Ordered Reports Under Section15 of the Family Relations Act 13-2 Duty of Expert Witnesses 13-3 Appointing Joint Expert Witnesses 13-4 Jointly Appointed Experts 13-5(4) Appointment of Court's Own Expert 13-5(5) Appointment of Court's Own Expert 13-5(6) Appointment of Court's Own Expert 13-6(5) Expert Reports 13-6(6) Expert Reports 13-6(7) Expert Reports 13-6(8) Expert Reports 13-7(5) Expert Opinion Evidence at Trial 14-3(3) Trial Management Conference 14-3(4) Trial Management Conference 14-3(5) Trial Management Conference 14-3(6) Trial Management Conference 14-3(7) Trial Management Conference 14-3(8) Trial Management Conference 14-3(10) Trial Management Conference 14-3(11) Trial Management Conference 15-1(4) Orders 15-5(3) Compelling a Debtor Under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act to Appear in Court 16-1(11) Costs 16-1(12) Costs 17-1(1) Petitions 17-1(5) Petitions 17-1(12) Petitions 20-5 Persons who are indigent 22-1(2) Powers of Court 22-1(8) Powers of Court 22-6(5) Sittings and Hearings 23-1 Transition Cr e ate d M ar . 1 0, 2 0 1 0 46
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