Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Civil Procedure (2021 Reissue)

Master Linda S. Abrams, B.A., J.D., LL.M., is a Case Management Master of the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Until her appointment to the Bench in 1999, Master Abrams was a civil litigator – first with Fasken and later with Torys LLP. Concurrent with her law practice, Master Abrams served on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (Adjudicator and Vice-Chair), on the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (Adjudicator) and on the Ethics Review Committee of the University of Toronto. Master Abrams is a frequent speaker at CLE programs and served as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (Lawyer as Negotiator). Her legal writings include articles for the Canadian Business Law Journal and a text on credit union law. She is also, with Kevin P. McGuinness, co-author of Canadian Civil Procedure Law, 1st and 2nd Editions, and The Practitioner's Evidence Law Sourcebook, both published by LexisNexis Canada.

Kevin P. McGuinness, LL.B., LL.M., S.J.D., is a retired Ontario lawyer with more than 40 years’ experience in practice and was Counsel in the Crown Law Office of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. His principal areas of practice included corporate commercial law and debtor-creditor remedies. Previously, he taught law in Canada, England and Australia and worked in various legal capacities in both provincial and municipal government, private practice and as in-house counsel to major corporations. He is the author or co-author of more than 45 legal and related business texts published in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, including Canadian Business Corporations Law, 4th Edition, Canadian Civil Procedure Law, 1st and 2nd Editions and The Practitioner’s Evidence Law Sourcebook (the latter two titles with Associate Judge Linda Abrams) and the Business Corporations and Guarantee and Indemnity titles for Halsbury's Laws of Canada.

Heather MacIvor, B.A. (Hons.), M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., J.D., is a Content Development Associate at LexisNexis Canada. A former political scientist, Heather clerked at the Divisional Court and articled in the Constitutional Law Branch in Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General. She has worked on several Halsbury’s Laws of Canada titles, including Administrative Law, Constitutional Law (Division of Powers), Crown, Criminal Offences and Defences, Legislation, and Civil Procedure. Heather is also the co-author, with the Honourable Stephen Goudge, of Commissions of Inquiry (LexisNexis Canada, 2019).

Jay Brecher, B.A., LL.B., is the Director of Analytical Content for LexisNexis Canada. He oversees the publication of more than 1,600 releases per year for various analytical products, including textbooks, annuals, looseleafs, newsletters, law reports and Halsbury's Laws of Canada. He has authored or co-authored several Halsbury’s titles, including Athletics, Civil Procedure and Judges and Courts.