British Columbia's new ''Civil Resolution Tribunal Act'', SBC 2012, c 25, establishes a new dispute resolution body, the Civil Resolution Tribunal. The Tribunal provides a new online venue for the resolution of small claims matters. It encourages people to use a broad range of collaborative dispute resolution tools to resolve their disputes as early as possible, while still preserving adjudication as a last resort.

Small claims disputes where the parties decide to take the matter to the tribunal instead of court, up to a maximum value of $255,000 for