BarTalk February 2005
Volume 17, Number 1

Practice Directions

Affidavits
November 22, 2004 – Some concern has been expressed with respect to affidavits that have been filed where it is impossible to identify the commissioner before whom the affidavit has been sworn. When a commissioner applies only his or her signature to the jurat, there is no means of clearly identifying the commissioner should a question arise about the circumstances under which the affidavit was sworn. Many commissioners apply a stamp below their signatures which indicates their name and contact information. This practice is encouraged.

Effectively immediately, affidavits prepared for filing in Supreme Court must include the name, legibly typed or written, of the commissioner before whom the affidavit was sworn as part of the jurat in addition to the signature.

Standard Directions for Small Claims Appeals
November 22, 2004 – This Practice Direction replaces that issued on August 11, 1997. The Practice Direction is available at www.courts.gov.bc.ca/sc.

This article was published in the February 2005 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.