Difference between revisions of "Small Claims Applications and Procedures Pre-Trial (20:IX)"

A  judge  at  the  settlement/trial  conference,  at  trial,  or  after  application  by  a  party  at  any  time, musttransfer a claim to Supreme Court if he or she is satisfied that the monetary outcome of a claim (not including interest and expenses) may exceed $25,000182. However, the claimant may expressly choose to  abandon  the  amount  over  $25,000  to  keep  the  action  in  the  Small  Claims  Court183.  For  personal injury  claims,  a  judge  must  consider  medical  or  other  reports  filed  or  brought  to  the  settlement conference by the parties before transferring the claim to Supreme Court184. If  a counterclaim for  more  than  $25,000  is  transferred under this  rule,  the  original  claim  can  still  be heard in Small Claims Court if the claim is $25,000 or less185. F.A mendments A  party  who  wants  to  amend,  change,  add,  or  remove  anything  in  a  filed  document,  such  as  the amount, the name of a party186, or a fact, must follow Rule 8.1.Permission to A mend Anything in any filed document can be changed by the party who filed it. Permission is not required unless any of the following have begun187: a settlement conference; a mediation under Rule 7.4; a trial conference under Rule 7.5; a trial under Rule 9.1; or a trial under Rule 9.2. If  any  of  these  steps  have  commenced,  the  party  must  apply  to  a  judge  for  permission  to amend the document188. 2.A mendment Procedure Changes on the document must then be underlined, initialled and dated189. .  If a judge has allowed  the  amendment,  the  document  should  reference  the order.    For  example,  the document  might  state, “Amended  Pursuant  to  Rule  8(1)(b)  by  Order  of  the  Honourable Judge Law on September 1, 2012.”