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{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}A lawsuit for loss or damages caused to another person or another person's property is known as a ''civil claim''. If you are being sued in a civil claim, you will receive court papers: a Notice of Claim if you are being sued in Small Claims Court or a Notice of Civil Claim if you are being sued in BC Supreme Court. Different forms are used in family disputes. | {{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}A lawsuit for loss or damages caused to another person or another person's property is known as a ''civil claim''. If you are being sued in a civil claim, you will receive court papers: a Notice of Claim if you are being sued in the Provincial Court's Small Claims Court or a Notice of Civil Claim if you are being sued in BC Supreme Court. Different forms are used in family disputes. | ||
Lawsuits in Small Claims Court are limited to claims of up to $25,000. There is no money limit to claims in BC Supreme Court. | Lawsuits in Small Claims Court are limited to claims of up to $25,000, however on June 1, 2017 this increases to $35,000. With just a few exceptions civil claims up to $5,000 will no longer be dealt with in Small Claims Court. Instead claims up to $5,000 will be resolved in BC’s new online [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4300 Civil Resolution Tribunal]. | ||
There is no money limit to claims in BC Supreme Court. | |||
== Small Claims Court == | == Small Claims Court == | ||
