JULY - SEPTEMBER 2010

September 8, 2010
Notice: Amendment to Practice Directive on Five Justice Divisions

The Practice Directive on Five Justice Divisions has been amended to require that the request for a five justice division be made at least two months before the appeal is scheduled to be heard.

September 8, 2010
Notice: Order Made when Extension of Time Refused

Where an extension of time is refused, and the refusal effectively stops an appeal, the order refusing the extension of time shall also include a direction that the appeal is dismissed as abandoned pursuant to s. 10(2)(e) of the Court of Appeal Act. Please see the new Practice Directive here.

September 8, 2010
Notice: Sittings of the Court of Appeal in Kamloops, Kelowna and Prince George

The Court of Appeal is adopting a new way of scheduling appeals in the interior of the province. Appeals will be scheduled individually based on the local interest or importance of the litigation. The procedure for requesting a hearing can be found in this Practice Note.

August 31, 2010
Notice: Pilot Project Regarding Criminal Conviction/Acquittal Appeals

Commencing September 7, 2010, all criminal conviction and acquittal appeals will be strictly monitored by the Court of Appeal. Details of this Pilot Project can be found here.

August 31, 2010
Notice: Release of Court of Appeal Reserve Reasons for Judgment by E-Mail

Commencing September 7, 2010, the Court of Appeal will accommodate requests from counsel and litigants to receive reserved judgments released in chambers by e-mail. Please see the following practice note for further information.

August 20, 2010
Notice: Website Enhancements

The B.C. Superior Courts is pleased to unveil two enhancements to our website:

• Site Search
• RSS feed for Reasons for Judgment and Announcements

Since the launch of the redesigned website in January 2009, requests for a site search and an RSS feed for Reasons for Judgment have topped the list of requests from visitors to our website.

With the Site Search, you will be to search all of the non-judgment content on our website. You also have the option of searching the Practice and Procedure sections for either the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court. The process for searching judgments is not affected in any way by the site search.