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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.

APRIL - JUNE 2019


June 7, 2019

NEW DOMAIN NAME

The Supreme Court has changed its domain name from courts.gov.bc.ca to bccourts.ca. Please update your links.

The Court of Appeal has changed its domain name from courts.gov.bc.ca to bccourts.ca. Please update your links.



May 24, 2019

NEW PRACTICE DIRECTIVE: TRANSCRIPTS OF PROCEEDINGS

This new practice directive provides instruction on when the Court will accept transcripts other than oral testimony.

May 22, 2019
THE HONOURABLE H. A. HOLLINRAKE

The Court recognizes the passing of the Honourable H.A. Hollinrake, former Justice of this Court between 1990 and 2004. Former Justice Hollinrake passed away over the weekend. 



May 21, 2019

NOTICE: RELEASE OF JUDGMENT IN REFERENCE RE: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT - MAY 24, 2019

The Court of Appeal's Reasons for Judgment in Reference re: Proposed Amendments to the Environmental Management Act (CA45253) will be released and posted on the court's website on Friday, May 24, 2019.

There will be a lock-up for media representatives prior to the release of the Reasons for Judgment. Those media representatives who would like to attend the lock-up must pre-register and must sign the undertaking linked below. Only media representatives who have pre-registered to attend will be admitted to the lock-up.

To pre-register for the lock-up, please send an email with a scanned and signed copy of your undertaking to MediaLock-Up@courts.gov.bc.ca no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2019. You are required to bring the signed hard copy to the lock-up, along with your ID.

More details about the lock-up procedure are described at the links below:

Notice to Media - Lock-up Procedure
Media Undertaking



May 6, 2019

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT

The British Columbia Court of Appeal welcomes the appointment of the Honourable Madam Justice M. Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten, a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and the Court of Appeal of Yukon. The appointment is effective immediately. For further information, please see the announcement from the Department of Justice.

April 30, 2019
UPDATED PRACTICE DIRECTIVE: SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC FACTUMS AND STATEMENTS

The Chief Justice has amended Submission of Electronic Factums and Statements (Civil & Criminal Practice Directive, 2 July 2019). The updated directive will allow parties to submit factums and statements by email instead of via USB or other physical media. It is effective July 2, 2019.

April 30, 2019
REPEALED PRACTICE DIRECTIVE: JOINT APPEAL BOOKS AND TRANSCRIPT EXTRACTS

The Chief Justice has repealed Joint Appeal Books and Transcript Extracts (Civil Practice Directive, 19 September 2011). The practice of filing joint books is familiar to litigants and is set out in the Court of Appeal Rules. It is repealed immediately.

April 10, 2019
WELCOMING CEREMONY - THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PATRICE ABRIOUX

The Honourable Chief Justice Robert Bauman is pleased to advise that there will be a formal ceremony to welcome the Honourable Mr. Justice Patrice Abrioux to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and the Court of Appeal of Yukon. The welcoming ceremony will be held on Friday, 31 May 2019 at 4:15 p.m. in Courtroom 60 of the Vancouver Law Courts.


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