Find the latest decisions of the BC Provincial Court posted online by date and keyword. Browse judgments from various areas of law, such as criminal, family, civil, labour and commercial.
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. This website provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.
The British Columbia Courts site contains a searchable database of all reasons for judgment released by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court since 1990.The collection includes decisions pertaining to Yukon.. The website is updated daily. Reserve judgments are posted by 12:00 noon of the day they are released in chambers. Oral judgments are posted after they have been signed by the judge.
Court of Appeal for British Columbia: 1990 - 2025-05-02 28,057: BCSC: Supreme Court of British Columbia: 1990 - 2025-05-02 77,715: BCPC: Provincial Court of British Columbia: 2000 - 2025-05-01 11,728: Boards and Tribunals. No results. Code Name Continuous coverage Last update Number of documents; BCCNM: British Columbia College of Nurses and ...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has issued two recent decisions which provide important insight into the ways local governments may utilize restrictive covenants to manage risk and regulate specific uses of land. 1.0 Rai v Sechelt, 2021 BCCA 349 The appeal in Rai v Sechelt (District), 2021 BCCA 349 [Sechelt] concerned whether a covenant […]
The Court dismissed the appeal of plaintiffs who challenged the constitutionality of the MPA provisions that limit private medical care in BC. The Court found that the provisions deprived some patients of their section 7 rights to life, liberty and security of the person, but they were justified under section 1.
Court process abused. The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed the appeal and admitted the mother’s proposed additional evidence regarding the abuse of process claim upon finding that the evidence met the test in Palmer v. The Queen, 1979 CanLII 8 (SCC), [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759.. Next, the appeal court ruled that the father’s conduct in the family litigation abused the judicial ...
A judicial review is a review conducted by the BC Supreme Court to determine whether a tribunal or decision maker had the authority to make the decision it did. You may seek judicial review, for example, of a traffic court decision denying an application to extend the dispute period.
This is a free database of thousands of court cases in Canada through time. It does not have every decision ever made in Canada, but for most legal research it is a great resource. ... They are often going to be decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada or the British Columbia Court of Appeal. If you see a case that is mentioned many times when ...
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia partly allowed the appeal and set aside the trial judge’s global loss of earning capacity award of $89,641.02. The appeal court substituted awards of $25,995 for past loss of earning capacity, minus the deduction for taxes required by ss. 95 and 98 of BC’s Insurance (Vehicle) Act, 1996, and $206,583. ...
Finding judgments. A judgment is a judge’s decision and the reasons they give for it. Some judgments are posted online. These are often judgments that decide a legal issue or are of interest to the public.
The Court of Appeal may: Dismiss the appeal (i.e., confirm the decision of the previous decision-maker). Allow the appeal and order a new trial or hearing. Allow the appeal and change the previous order. The judges will sometimes give their decision immediately, by reading it in court after hearing the appeal, or a day or two after the appeal.
The Supreme Court is the superior trial court for the province and hears both civil and criminal cases, as well as some appeals from the Provincial Court. ... Rules & Forms » Go to Publication Bans » Provincial Court. The Provincial Court is the first level of trial court in British Columbia and hears criminal, criminal youth, family, child ...
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia has rejected the appellant’s bid to seek higher damages by changing his trial position in a personal injury case, reaffirming the principle of finality in litigation. ... The court cited a recent decision that rejected a similar request and reaffirmed that appeals do not allow a complete reassessment ...
A number of important class action decisions were released in the first quarter of 2025. In particular: Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd. v. Lee, 2025 BCCA 57: The British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled that pre-contractual dishonesty does not support a reasonable cause of action for breach of the duty of honest performance; Knisley v.
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