About Dial-A-Law

Dial-A-Law is a library of legal information prepared by lawyers. It offers general information on a variety of topics on law in British Columbia. Dial-A-Law is a free service that is available in English, Chinese and Punjabi by telephone and on the Internet. Dial-A-Law is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and is operated by the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch (CBABC).

Copyright

Dial-A-Law is a registered trademark owned by Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch, a non-profit membership corporation.

Online version

The online version of Dial-A-Law is available on Clicklaw Wikibooks at wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca. The online version should be consulted for the most recent information on topics covered by this book.

Dial-A-Law is also available by:

phone, as recorded scripts, and
audio and text, on the CBABC Branch website.

To access Dial-A-Law, call 604.687.4680 in the lower mainland or 1.800.565.5297 elsewhere in BC. Dial-A-Law is also available online at www.dialalaw.org.

Disclaimer

Dial-A-Law is produced for educational purposes. Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch, Clicklaw, Courthouse Libraries BC, and the staff, funders (including the Law Foundation of BC and the Law Society of BC), and contributors of these organizations make no warranty or guarantee for the completeness or accuracy of the information and assume no liability for any loss connected with the use of the information, and, without limiting the foregoing, any claims based on negligence or breach of contract, or any other legal theory. Dial-A-Law is neither legal advice nor a substitute for legal advice. If you need advice about a specific legal problem, please contact a lawyer or legal clinic. The Lawyer Referral Service can be reached at 1.800.663.1919.

Publication details

Dial-A-Law was originally published in-house by the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch. This 2015 edition is produced by CBABC Branch and published by Courthouse Libraries BC.

Dial-A-Law was first made available online at www.dialalaw.org in 2005 and as a telephone-in script service since 1983.

First edition: September 2015

ISBN 978-0-921864-45-5

About this Clicklaw Wikibook

	Produced by the CBABC Branch and funded by the Law Foundation of BC. CBABC Branch is a provincial division of the Canadian Bar Association, a professional, voluntary organization representing 38,000 lawyers, judges, Quebec notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada. All scripts are periodically reviewed by volunteer lawyers and other professionals. Reviewers are listed at the end of each script unless they elect to be anonymous.
	Published by Courthouse Libraries BC, a non-profit society that helps the public and legal community in British Columbia find and use legal information. Courthouse Libraries BC operates Clicklaw Wikibooks.
	This Clicklaw Wikibook is made available to public libraries in British Columbia through the LawMatters program of Courthouse Libraries BC.