It seems that some changes may be coming to courts here in BC, as the provincial government delivered their 2021 Throne Speech and the follow-up budget in April. In it, they outline what their plan is to help modernize and overall improve local courts.
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New Covid-19 testing procedures are now in place at courts across BC. Information about Covid-19 exposures at courthouses is now available to the public. Public health guidance has also been issued for courthouses during the pandemic.
I am really glad that action has been taken at last. I have been concerned for my safety and the safety of my fellow court users for a while now. While long overdue, this is an important and necessary step to protect the public, court staff, officials and lawyers from both sides of the courtroom.
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Crickets.
That’s what we’ve heard so far from the BC Provincial Court when it comes to safety measures that will be put in place in traffic court as of June 1, 2020.
On April 30, 2020, the BC Provincial Court updated its pandemic response procedures and adjourned most court appearances until after July 3, 2020. But one set of court appearances was only pushed forward a few weeks: traffic court. At first, when I heard the news, I thought it would be inevitable that it would be pushed forward again, or that we would hear a plan for traffic court in the coming days.
But we’re now halfway through May and the BC Provincial Court has not released any information about what is going to happen in traffic court in the coming weeks. …
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Right now, the BC Provincial Court is looking at options that will allow it to expand the current services it is offering while maintaining a safe environment for court staff, lawyers, judges, and the public. Committees have been formed and are meeting to discuss some options available.
And, as usual, no one asked me! I jest, as there would be no reason for anyone to ask me to join any committee. But as a lawyer who represents only a specific type of case, and deals with the vast majority of driving offences in the province, I thought I would share my thoughts from my specific perspective publicly.
As someone with a non-legal aid and mostly-driving practice, I also had some suggestions unique to these types of files because they touch on different areas than are covered by the people who are committee members.
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