BarTalk August 2003
Volume 15, Number 4

ICBC has made a submission to the Supreme Court Rules Revision Committee requesting the cost of photocopying in the litigation process be given a statutory rate and that the rate be fixed at $0.15 per copy. In Giuliani v. Saville the B.C. Court of Appeal sanctioned a rate of $0.30 per copy when copies are produced at the request of the other party. Registrars typically allow other photocopying at $0.15 per copy. Obviously, photocopying expenses may vary widely depending on the infrastructure established to produce copies.

While on a case-by-case basis the cost may not be significant, the CBABC would like to afford the opportunity to members to respond to the submission by ICBC. It should be noted that ICBC’s proposal would extend not only to MVA cases, but also to commercial and other forms of litigation where photocopying considerations may be quite different. The Supreme Court Rules Revision Committee may be contacted at the Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2E1.

This article was published in the August 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.