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The Civil Procedure Rules govern proceedings in Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. The Civil Procedure Rules are made and amended by the Judges of the Supreme and Appeal Courts under the authority of the Judicature Act R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 240, s. 46

The Judges of the two Courts made new Civil Procedure Rules on June 6, 2008.
Work continues on Part 13 - Family Proceedings.

These new Rules went into effect January 1st, 2009 except as provided
in Part 19 - Transition, Rule 92.

Order In Council - determining the manner of publication of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Certificate of Publication - causing the revision of the Civil Procedure Rules to continue to be published online and certifying that copies of the revisions have been delivered.

Royal Gazette (November 19, 2008) - published Certificate of Publication.

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To view the old Civil Procedure Rules and learn more about the
"Civil Procedure Rules Revision Project", click here:
OLD Civil Procedure Rules

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Amendments Since March, 2009 Not Yet Consolidated:

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal - June 22, 2009
<< Amendments to Rule 91.13 & Related Forms >>


NOVA SCOTIA CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES:
An official consolidation of Rules made on June 6, 2008 and amended on:

October 24, 2008
March 30, 2009
October 27, 2008
June 22, 2009 (Rule 90 only)
October 31, 2008
September 25, 2009
December 16, 2008
October 13, 2009
January 22, 2009
November 27, 2009
February 2, 2009
December 11, 2009
February 27, 2009
December 22, 2009

To view or print a complete consolidated (December 31, 2009) set of Rules, click here:

Consolidated Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia

To view or print a complete consolidated (December 31, 2009) set of Forms, click here:

Consolidated Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia - PART 22-FORMS

The two documents above are indexed. Open, then click on "bookmarks" at upper-far-left
to reveal links to specific Parts, Rules, Sub-rules and Forms.

 

NOVA SCOTIA PRACTICE MEMORANDA:

Supreme Court Family Division (Jan 29, 2010)
<< Re: Civil Procedure Rules & Forms >>

<< Related Certificate >>

Supreme Court (Feb 1, 2010)
<< Re: Foreclosure Procedures >>

<< Related Certificate >>

 

NOTE:
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society (NSBS) maintains a searchable (by keyword or alphabetic index) version of the Civil Procedure Rules on its website.

To search the Rules on NSBS website, click here for: Keyword Search
  Index Search

To view or print the Rules as they were made on June 6, 2008
and the Amendments as they were made up to December 31, 2009 click here:

Original Revised Rules & Subsequent Amendments