Practice Resources

Purpose: To clarify the location of bail hearings during court sitting hours and outside of court sitting hours.

Purpose: To set out procedures for elections pursuant to section 536 of the Criminal Code of Canada arising from amendments to the preliminary inquiry provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada that came into force on June 01, 2004 and September 19, 2019.

This Practice Direction sets out the court’s policy for gowning by counsel.

Note that these forms are optional for counsel

This Practice Direction supports the objectives of the 2013 revision to the rules and process. These directions will be interpreted in a manner consistent with the intention and spirit of the requirements of the Criminal Code of Canada and the CCFM Rules. I make the following Practice Direction pursuant to my authority under the Provincial Court Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 379, and Rule 3 of the CCFM Rules.

Purpose: To set out the procedure before a subpoena requiring opposing counsel to give evidence in a proceeding can be issued.

With the increased pressure on completing trials without undue delay created in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v. Jordan, it has become necessary to set out some guidelines to govern scheduling conflicts which arise between the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court.

Purpose: To facilitate identification of counsel or commissioner for taking affidavits.

Purpose: To set out the procedure for introducing evidence that contains or may contain high potency narcotics, including fentanyl and carfentanil (“HPN Exhibits”).

This Practice Direction sets out standard directions governing the conduct of appeals from decisions of masters, registrars or special referees. If the circumstances of an appeal require, the timelines and document filing requirements set out in this Practice Direction may be abridged, extended or modified by order of a justice of the court pursuant to Supreme Court Civil Rule 22-4(2) and Supreme Court Family Rule 21-2(2).