Legal Studies
Small Claims Court Procedures
Course Outline
Upon completion of this course you will be able to advise clients on a variety of procedures and techniques used to pursue a claim in Small Claims Court. This course contains the essential knowledge which is used by litigants in Small Claims Court in pursuit of their activities. This is a single stream course.
Topics of study covered within this course include the following:
• Overview of Small Claims Court
• Before You Sue
• Preparing the Plaintiff's Claim
• The Defence and Defence Related Claims
• Dealing with Changes
• Trying to Settle
• The Settlement Conference
• Preparing for Trial
• Trial Procedure
• After Judgement
• Other Appearances
• Preparing Documents
• Serving Court Documents
Duration
Approximately 20 hours
Text Books
The text books required for this course are outlined below and can be purchased through any online book supplier.
ISBN#: 1-55180-311-9
ISBN#: 978-0-7798-1588-3
ISBN#: 1-4249-1826-X
Prerequisites
None
Cost
$699.00