Legal Resources

Brief description of the federal child support guidelines, which are the rules for calculating the amount of child support one parent must pay to the other parent to help support their child or children.

This manual defines how the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) operates according to legislation. It includes rules of practice and procedure, practice directives, and guidelines to make sure that appeals are handled in a just, timely, efficient, and effective way.

A page with all the WCAT forms — both online forms and PDFs you can print out — when you're appealing WorkSafeBC decisions.

Information about the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) process, where you appeal a decision made by WorkSafeBC. It explains how to start and prepare an appeal, respond to an appeal, and find out an appeal’s status, and what happens after an appeal.

Explains that wage-loss benefits paid by WorkSafeBC are for total disability or for partial disability to replace 90 percent of your wages if you can’t continue working because of a work-related injury.

You may be eligible to receive a payment under this program if your employer has filed for bankruptcy or is subject to receivership, and you’re owed wages, vacation pay, termination pay, or severance pay.

Provides information to help you register and order certificates for vital events, such as a birth, death, or marriage. Also provides online application for certificates.

This e-book covers the types of elder abuse and risk factors, BC government programs and community services available for older adults who are abused and neglected, and practice tips on how to work with older adults.

This website is for people in British Columbia who are interested in unbundled legal services — a new service model for lower-cost legal help. You hire a lawyer to help with parts of your legal matter (rather than the whole file). You get the support you need at a manageable cost.

This guidebook will help you learn how to prepare for your day in court for a family matter, including how to address the judges and court staff.