Sentences with phrase «small claims division»

Now, with the advent of the new Code of Civil Procedure, which will come into effect later this year, the maximum amount one can sue for in front of the small claims division will go up to $ 15 000 (according to section 536 of the new Code).

The reason we state that history doesn't necessarily give credence to this claim is that, as exposed by our colleague Pierre - Claude Lafond, since the last time ceilings were raised (in 2002, small claims caps went from $ 3 000 to $ 7 000), the number of cases brought forth before the small claims division has steadily declined.

Data.gov.bc.ca doesn't have an obvious dataset, but we can at least see what CanLII has to show about published decisions from the small claims division.

Improving Community Safety & Satisfaction Captain Carl Trowbridge, Franklin County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office; Alex Sanchez Esq., Manager, Franklin County, Ohio, Municipal Court, Small Claims Division and Dispute Resolution Department

In Wissing et al. v. Adtran Networks Canada Inc., (unreported) a recent Ottawa decision of the Ontario Superior Court, Small Claims Division, the Court considered the following question:

There is also a small claims division in each local district court that provides a forum where you can represent yourself to resolve contracts and personal property matters of less than $ 5,000.

If a judge determines that a party is being represented by an attorney in a case pending in the small claims division of any district court, the case will immediately be transferred to the regular district court docket.

Even in places like Quebec where the Cour du Québec has a small claims division where, in most cases, litigants must represent themselves, and lawyer fees therefore do not factor into the equation, there is still a minimum amount under which it becomes economically unjustified to sue.

In addition to the online system, the Ministry says the monetary jurisdiction of the provincial court's small claims division will increase from $ 25,000 to $ 35,000.

First, it would mean actions could be brought now in the Provincial Court, Small Claims division.

Finally, there are some claims that a small claims division of the district court do not have jurisdiction to hear.

The Small Claims Division of the Court of Quebec hears debt claims of $ 15,000 or less.

The Provincial Court Small Claims Division Provincial Court Building 4th Floor 1815 Smith Street Regina SK S4P 2N5

Alberta Provincial Court (Civil Division)-- $ 25,000 Provincial Court of British Columbia — $ 25,000 Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, Small Claims Division — $ 10,000 Small Claims Court of New Brunswick — $ 6,000 Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Small Claims Court — $ 5,000 Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories — $ 10,000 Nova Scotia Small Claims Court — $ 25,000 Nunavut Court of Justice — Unified court, no separate small claims structure Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court — $ 10,000, changing to $ 25,000 January 1, 2010 Prince Edward Island Supreme Court, Trial Division — $ 8,000 Court of Quebec, Civil Division — $ 7,000 Saskatchewan Provincial Court, Small Claims Division — $ 20,000 Yukon Small Claims Court — $ 25,000

[9] In these circumstances, counsel for the plaintiff contends there was good reason to bring his action in this court as opposed to the Small Claims division of the Provincial Court.

By lightening court procedures and formalities and thus reducing legal expenses and waiting times, small claims divisions aim to make legal proceedings more accessible to citizens who make more modest monetary claims.

This implies that, although history doesn't necessarily give credence to such a claim, the number of cases in front of the Cour du Québec's civil chamber (where lawyers are allowed) should diminish, while the amount of cases in the small claim division should rise.

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By the 1830s, Upper Canada had a fully - functioning judicial system including superior, county and district courts, a court of equity (called the Court of Chancery), and a small claims court (called Division Court).

The Small Claims Court and the Divisional Court were continued as branches of the General Division.

In 1981, Pamela Thomson was appointed as a full - time Small Claims Court judge, assigned to the new Provincial Court (Civil Division).

He became Chief Judge when that position was created following the amalgamation of the Civil Division and Small Claims Courts in 1985.

The Small Claims Courts and the Provincial Court (Civil Division) were amalgamated into a single court named the Provincial Court (Civil Division), also known as the Small Claims Court.

His first judicial appointment was to the Toronto Small Claims Court in 1978, two years before the Civil Division was created as a pilot project.

Thomson recalls a hard - fought battle for full - time Small Claims Court judges to achieve parity with the Criminal and Family Division judges.

During the pilot phase, full - time judges appointed under the Small Claims Court Act were assigned to the Civil Division.

In 1985, all small claims courts were amalgamated into the Provincial Court (Civil Division).

In 1980, the Provincial Court (Civil Division)-- a Small Claims Court — joined the group.

For ten years — from June 1980 until September 1990 — Ontario had a Provincial Court (Civil Division) to adjudicate «small claims» cases.

The Division Courts in Ontario were renamed «Small Claims Courts.»

At that time the Small Claims Court became a branch of the Ontario Court (General Division) which later became the Superior Court of Justice.

In 1990, Attorney General Ian Scott called the full - time Small Claims Court judges to a meeting to describe the upcoming transfer to the Ontario Court (General Division).

The case law indicates that the merging of the Small Claims Court into the Ontario Court (General Division) in the 1990s did not invest the provincially appointed court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96 courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in 1867.

It may establish subcommittees for liaison with the district court, juvenile court, probate court, criminal, civil and traffic divisions of the county courts and the small claims court.

Educates the public, the legal profession, and the judiciary about the value of mediation and how it effectively, efficiently, and fairly resolves conflict, by providing mediation services to litigants and their attorneys in the civil divisions of Denver's County and Small Claims Courts.

The Civil Division also includes Small Claims Court, which is designed for pro se litigants.

You must file via eCabinet to the Superior Court in the Rutland and Windsor Civil Divisions, small claims cases in the Addison, Orange, Rutland, and Windsor divisions, and Environmental divisiDivisions, small claims cases in the Addison, Orange, Rutland, and Windsor divisions, and Environmental divisidivisions, and Environmental division cases.

He thought that the General Division justices [a superior court] would sit in Small Claims Court as part of their rotation, but that never happened» (Ontario Court of Justice: A History, available at http://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocjhistory/wp-content/uploads/history-project-book.pdf, at 137 - 138, see also the statutory history from 139 - 140).

Attorneys must e-file new civil cases in the Rutland and Windsor divisions, Environmental division cases, and small claims cases in the Addison, Orange, Rutland, and Windsor divisions.

Small Claims is offered on the 3rd Tuesday of each month; Collections is offered on the 3rd Thursday of each month.The classes are held at the City and County Building Civil Division (1437 Bannock Street room 164) from 11a.

Injury cases in which a relatively low amount of damages is sought (typically a maximum of $ 2000 to $ 5000) usually must be filed in a court's «small claims» division.

I also understand that judges assigned to the Provincial Court (Civil Division) before September 1, 1990 were able to hear Small Claims Court proceedings, although they have all retired by now.

However, dividing small claims between courts or divisions of courts is no longer unique to Quebec.

Small claims court is a special division of the district court which hears cases involving $ 5,000 or less in damages.

All legal matters are important, and an attorney should be consulted whether the claim is in small claims, general civil division or the county circuit court.

On many occasions it is appropriate to remove a claim that was originally filed in small claims court to the general civil division of the district court.