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Canadian Bar Association	Our Court System and Solving Disputes offers information describing our court system and ways to resolve legal disputes without going to court.	www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Dial-A-Law/Scripts/Lawyers-Legal-Services-and-Courts/432
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca
Dial-A-Law	Has brief legal information on over 130 topics, avaiablle in English, Chinese and Punjabi. Dial-A-Law is a free service of the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia branch. You can listen on the telephone or online. You can also read the information online.	Phone: 604-687-4680 Phone toll-free: 1-888-565-5297 www.dialalaw.org
Family Law in BC	Family Law in BC is a website that provides information and resources on a wide range of family law issues. It is produced by the Legal Services Society.	www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca
ImmigrantLegal.ca	ImmigrantLegal.ca provides free legal information and education on legal topics for newcomers to Canada and the people working with them. The website is a project of the Immigrant Public Legal Education and Information Consortium. It is managed by the Justice Education Society	www.immigrantlegal.ca
JusticeBC	This is the website of the BC Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for managing the justice system in BC. The website provides information on a wide range of legal topics and describes the government services available to help you.	www.justicebc.ca
Justice Education Society	The Court Information Program for Immigrants provides free legal information to new immigrants and refugees. All content on the website is available in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hindi. Your Human Rights in BC has a series of five videos – available in English, Mandarin and Punjabi – which teaches immigrants about human rights in BC and Canada. Discrimination occurs when someone treats you differently based on your personal characteristics. Courts of BC is a website that uses information and videos to describe the structure and function of BC’s courts: Provincial Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Administrative Law BC - Resolving Disputes is a website that explains what tribunals are and how they work..	www.justiceeducation.ca/programs/court-information-program-immigrants www.justiceeducation.ca/resources/human-rights-in-bc
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca
Clicklaw	A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public.	www.clicklaw.bc.ca

This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by People's Law School, 2013.

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In law, (1) a written argument, or (2) a memorandum of law. A brief is usually presented to a judge as a summary of an argument or the law on a particular issue. Curiously, briefs are rarely brief.

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."

A judge of the superior courts of British Columbia, being the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.

A court established and staffed by the provincial government, which includes Small Claims Court, Youth Court, and Family Court. The Provincial Court is the lowest level of court in British Columbia and is restricted in the sorts of matters it can deal with. It is, however, the most accessible of the two trial courts and no fees are charged to begin or defend a family law proceeding. The Family Court of the Provincial Court cannot deal with the division of family property or any claims under the Divorce Act. See "Divorce Act," "judge" and "jurisdiction."

Normally referred to as the "Supreme Court of British Columbia," this court hears most of the trials in this province. The Supreme Court is a court of inherent jurisdiction and has no limits on the sorts of claims it can hear or on the sorts of orders it can make. Decisions of the Provincial Court are appealed to the Supreme Court; decisions of the Supreme Court are appealed to the Court of Appeal. See "Court of Appeal," "jurisdiction," "Provincial Court" and "Supreme Court of Canada."

The highest level of court in the province, having the jurisdiction to review decisions of the Supreme Court, all provincial lower courts, and certain tribunals. See "appeal."