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The Provincial Court Scheduling Project got underway in 2011 when the Court began researching how to improve the way it scheduled trials. Provincial Court judges wanted to shorten the time people had to wait for trials and avoid disruptive delays once trials began.
Nine years ago this month, the Provincial Court of B.C. began a First Nations’ Court in New Westminster. Several factors came together to prompt its creation.
There is little flexibility in trial procedure in criminal courts, but in small claims court judges may sometimes adjust trial procedures to ensure that people without a lawyer ar
Most professions expect their members to stay abreast of the knowledge that is relevant to their work. It is no different in judging.
The Provincial Court of British Columbia now operates First Nations Courts in four B.C. communities.