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The Supreme Court of British Columbia is the superior trial court for the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Court hears civil and criminal law cases as well as appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. There are 90 judicial positions on the Court in addition to supernumerary judges, making for a grand total of 108 judges. [1]
It ended on September 10, 2020 when presiding justice John J. Steeves, a judge on the Supreme Court of British Columbia, issued an 880-page ruling in favour of the defendants. Steeves found that the plaintiffs' complaints did not show violations of sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter and that the amount of suffering the plaintiffs claimed ...
British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) v British Columbia (Council of Human Rights), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868, known as the Grismer Estate case, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on human rights law. The Court held that the British Columbia Superintendent of Motor Vehicles was in violation of the provincial Human Rights Code ...
In November 1983, the British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), of which the employees of the superior courts were members, went on strike. The staff of the British Columbia Supreme Court picketed outside of the court house and only let in a minimum number of people needed for urgent cases.
Supreme Court of British Columbia (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012) Madam Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon June 26, 2015 Harper Supreme Court of British Columbia (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015) Madam Justice Susan A. Griffin [3] February 7, 2018: Trudeau Supreme Court of British Columbia (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018) Mr. Justice Patrice ...
At the BC Supreme Court, Iyer J held that the province's Arbitration Act was engaged in the current case, [9] but current insolvency jurisprudence stated that the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act allowed the court to exercise its "inherent jurisdiction to control its own processes in order to promote the objectives of the BIA". [10]
Robert J. Bauman is a Canadian jurist who served as the Chief Justice of British Columbia and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal for the Yukon from 2013-2023. [1] Prior to his appointment as the Chief Justice of British Columbia, he served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
The Provincial Court of British Columbia (BC Provincial Court) is a trial level court in British Columbia that hears cases in criminal, civil and family matters. The Provincial Court is a creation of statute , and as such its jurisdiction is limited to only those matters over which is permitted by statute.