Watson and McGowan's Ontario Civil Practice is an essential reference on the Rules of Civil Procedure for Ontario civil litigators. This two volume work features expert commentary on how the rules of civil procedure are interpreted and applied in specific situations. This reference set contains:

The indispensable Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Civil Litigation.
It includes commentary on recent SCC jurisprudence
Thousands of case annotations
Ontario Court forms, fillable versions provided on ProView
Full text of the Rules of Civil Procedure, the Courts of Justice Act and related legislation, practice directions, Case Management Rules, and annotations in a bound hardcover.

The hardcover Volume 1 (the main volume) contains material that is likely to be needed in court, that is, the Courts of Justice Act, the Rules of Civil Procedure, Tariff A, and the Evidence Act (One.). The softcover Volume 2 contains (a) general materials, which are rarely needed in court (that is, the Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Civil Procedure and the Forms), and (b) specialized materials, which relate to specific geographic areas or to specialized practice areas, (for example, the class actions (the Class Proceedings Act, etc.), administrative law litigation (Judicial Review Procedure Act and the Statutory Powers Procedure Act), family law (the Family Law Rules and Forms) and small claims (the Rules of the Small Claims Court).

New and Updated in this Edition

Over 250 new case digests of decisions made since the last edition.
New Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Civil Procedure
Legislation is current to Ontario Gazette Vol. 156:36 (Sept 9, 2023)
Recent amendments to the
- Rules of Civil Procedure (Updated to O Reg 435/22)
- Family Law Rules (Updated to O Reg 105/23 [s. 1(2) not in force at date of publication.]
- Small Claims Court Rules (Updated to O. Reg. 521/22)
- Court of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.43 (Updated to SO 2023, c.12, Sched. 3 [section 1 not in force at date of publication]
Updated forms
All commentary, case law, Procedural Charts and rule highlights have been updated to take into account legislative amendments, changes and additions to Practice Directions, Guidelines and Practice Advisories and recent case law

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Watson and McGowan's Ontario Civil Practice 2024

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