Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
A county court was established in British Columbia in 1884; it served as an intermediate court between the provincial court and the British Columbia Supreme Court.In 1990, the County Court of British Columbia merged with the British Columbia Supreme Court and its judges became justices of the BC Supreme Court.
Supreme Court of British Columbia; British Columbia Court of Appeal This page was last edited on 8 December 2024, at 08:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 710, 2002 SCC 86, was a case in which the Supreme Court of Canada held that a local school board could not impose its religious values by refusing to permit the use of books that sought to promote tolerance of same-sex relationships.
Eligibility for the Supreme Court of Canada is set out in the Supreme Court Act. Judges of the court are made up of eight puisne judges and the Chief Justice. [38] Candidates must have either been a judge of a superior court or a lawyer for at least ten years in their province's bar. [39]
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 ...
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.
In 2012, a BC Supreme Court judge and jury heard a defamation lawsuit lodged against Vander Zalm by retired conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes. The former judge alleged that he had been defamed in Vander Zalm's 2008 self-published autobiography, For The People .