Provincial Court of British ColumbiaSurrey Board of Trade Committee Meeting

September 5, 2012

Surrey Provincial Court – Courtroom 1, circa 1970

Canada’s Courts

e.g., the Provincial Court of BC

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Source: http://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/

British Columbia’s Court System

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Judges of the Provincial Court

The appointment processTerms of appointmentJudicial Accountability

Reasons for JudgmentAppellate ReviewAuthority of the Chief JudgeDiscipline Process

Complaints – 2004 to March 31, 2011

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Letters received 118 174 144 258 216 245 280 93 Non-complaints (those found not to be within Section 11) 95 137 123 205 169 207 225 82 Examinations of complaints performed to March 31, 2011 as summarized below or in previous Annual Reports * 20 * 34 19 * 53 * 45 * 35 * 29 * 8

Investigations of complaints performed * 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Files unresolved by April 1, 2011 0 1 0 0 2 3 * 19 * 28

* indicates that an examination may have dealt with more than one letter received from a complainant

Innovations in the Provincial Court of British Columbia

• Downtown Community Court

•Victoria Integrated Court

•First Nations Court

•Drug Treatment Court

•Domestic Violence Court Project

Questions?