Advocacy Access Program

Advocacy Access is a service of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities that provides information, assistance, advice and occasional representation for people with disability-related issues such as welfare benefits for people with disabilities, Schedule C health benefits and Canada Pension Plan disability benefits. Website: Click on "Publications" and then "Advocacy Publications" for access to a number of fact sheets about disability-related legal issues.

Website bccpd.bc.ca Phone 1-604-872-1278 Toll-free: 1-800-663-1278 TDD: 1-604-875-8835 TTY: 1-604-875-8835 Find on Clicklaw Advocacy Access on Clicklaw HelpMap

In law, to formally deliver documents to a person in a manner that complies with the rules of court. Service may be ordinary (mailed or delivered to a litigant's address for service), personal (hand-delivered to a person), or substituted (performed in a way other than the rules normally require). See "address for delivery," "ordinary service," "personal service" and "substituted service."

In contract law, a promise made by someone about a certain state of affairs, like "the plumbing was replaced last year" or "I had a vasectomy two years ago." See "misrepresentation."

In law, a legal incapacity to do certain things, like enter into a contract or start a court proceeding. Legal disabilities include insanity and being under the age of majority. See "age of majority."

Under the old Divorce Act, the schedule of a parent's time with their children under an order or agreement, replaced with "parenting time" and "contact" in the new Divorce Act. Access usually referred to the schedule of the parent with the least amount of time with the child. See "contact," "custody" and "parenting time."