About Consumer Law Essentials

Acknowledgements

• Legal review (consumers’ problems section): Allan Parker QC.
• Research and plain language (consumers’ problems section): Gayla Reid.
• Content development (consumers’ problems section): Consumer Protection BC, ELSA program students and instructors, People’s Law School, Better Business Bureau of BC and the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Content review: Consumer Protection BC (Joan Harmsworth and Laura Cox).
• Publication coordinator: Terresa Augustine.
• Funders: Law Foundation of BC, Ministry of Justice, and BC Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch.
• Technical support: Drew Jackson, Elena Renderos and Beatriz González.

This booklet and others are available on the People's Law School website: www.publiclegaled.bc.ca

The abbreviation of "Queen's Counsel." Under the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, QC was an honour often, but not invariably, granted to lawyers of particular excellence, and could also be granted for other reasons such as service to the legal community, the public or a political party. Since the passing of Her Majesty and the succession of His Majesty King Charles III, the recipients of this honour, past and present, are called King's Counsel, abbreviated as KC.

In law, the re-examination of a term of an order or agreement, usually to determine whether the term remains fair and appropriate in light of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the review. In family law, particularly the review of an order or agreement provided for the payment of spousal support. See "de novo," "family law agreements," "order" and "spousal support."