BarTalk August 2001
Volume 13, Number 4

Draft Guidelines for Television Coverage of Court Proceedings

Chief Justice Brenner is inviting comments and seeking submissions to the Draft Guidelines for Television Coverage of Court Proceedings on or before October 1, 2001. Submissions can be sent directly to him at his office:

Office of the Chief Justice
Supreme Court of BC
The Law Courts
800 Smithe Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2E1

The report can be downloaded from www.courts.gov.bc.ca by selecting the Supreme Court link and then selecting the Draft Guidelines for Television Coverage of Court Proceedings link.

Changes to Chambers Practice – Filing Window

This practice direction is made under Rule 51A (12) (f) of the Supreme Court Rules.

For applications referred to in Rule 51A (12), the applicant must file the Notice of Hearing and other documents set out in Rule 51A (3) and 51A (12) (f) within the following time limits:

• if the documents are filed in the Vancouver, Victoria, New Westminster or Nanaimo registry, they must be filed before 9:00 am on the second court day, and noon on the day before the date set for hearing;

• if the documents are filed in any other registry, they must be filed between 9:00 am on the day that is one week before the date set for hearing and noon on the day before the date set for hearing.

These articles were published in the August 2001 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.