By order dated March 26, 2020, the Minister of Public Safety and
Solicitor General made an order that:
Every mandatory limitation period and any other mandatory
time period that is established in an enactment or law of British
Columbia within which a civil or family action, proceeding, claim
or appeal must be commenced in Provincial Court, Supreme Court or
Court of Appeal is suspended.
In basic terms, limitation periods, which are provided for in
the Limitation Act, SBC 2012, c 13, are the deadlines that
we all are subject to when it comes to commencing court
proceedings. Mandatory time periods are those time frames found in
other enactments, such as those in the Supreme Court Civil
Rules BC Reg 168/2009, or the Builders Lien Act, SBC
1997, c 45. The suspension of limitation periods and mandatory time
frames means that certain deadlines have been suspended for the
duration of this order. This certainly does not mean that you
should not seek legal advice or take
