Court of Appeal Announcements Archive


The Announcements Archive contains announcements previously listed in the Announcements section on the Court of Appeal main page of this site. If you are unable to located a particular announcement, please contact the Website Coordinator.

October - December 2021


December 30, 2021
UPDATE: COURT OF APPEAL HEARINGS TO PROCEED REMOTELY

Effective January 4, 2022, the Court of Appeal will hold all chambers and appeal proceedings remotely, unless otherwise directed. Further details will be provided next week. Parties with hearings scheduled to take place the week of January 4, 2022 will be contacted by the registry directly. Remote appeal hearings will be broadcast over Zoom via the link provided in the Court’s Weekly Hearing List. This temporary measure is taken until further notice in response to the current surge in Covid-19 cases. All other rules and requirements remain in place.


November 18, 2021
UPDATE: ADDRESSING JUDGES

The BC Court of Appeal and BC Supreme Court have decided to eliminate the practice of addressing justices as “my lady”, “my lord”, “your ladyship” or “your lordship”. For more information, please see the revised Court of Appeal Practice Directive, Appearing before the Court and the new Supreme Court Practice Direction, Form of Address.



October 21, 2021
 COURT OF APPEAL LEGAL COUNSEL COMPETITION - PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION - VANCOUVER

The Court of Appeal has an opening for legal counsel for a permanent, full-time position in Vancouver. Details about this opportunity including a detailed job profile, job requirements, and instructions for submitting an application are available here. The closing date for the competition is Thursday, November 18, 2021.


October 8, 2021
JUDICIARY AND STAFF COVID-19 VACCINATION

All judges and other judicial officers in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Provincial Court of BC have received the full series of accepted COVID-19 vaccines, or a full series of a combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines approved by the Government of Canada.

All judicial and court staff, as well as service providers accessing the secure (non-public) areas of all courthouses will be required to have received the full series of accepted COVID-19 vaccines commencing November 22, 2021. This is consistent with the recent BC Public Service announcement that as of November 22, 2021 all public service employees, including court staff, will be vaccinated.

This is an announcement from all three BC courts.


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