Legal Resources

You may have received a letter from BC Unclaimed saying that you’re entitled to court funds, or you may have found out about it by looking up your court case. To claim the funds, you need a court order proving that you’re entitled to the funds and that gets BC Unclaimed to pay you. This page will walk you through the steps.

A guide for parents and professionals across BC to create parenting plans that focus on what’s best for the child and appropriate for their development. A parenting plan is a written agreement between parents about how they‘ll raise their children if they separate or get divorced, setting out how to share responsibilities and time with the kids.

This resource provides basic information about your privacy rights in elections. It covers who has access to your personal information in an election, what information they have, how they're allowed to use it, how you can protect it, and what to do if you think your privacy rights have been violated.

A detailed guide to help school boards, staff, and students fight transphobia in schools. It was created by Lawyers Against Transphobia, a group of about 50 lawyers, teachers, parents, and justice workers, whose goal is to tackle transphobia by working within the legal system and with the media, and responding to transphobic incidents as they...

This resource provides basic information about your options to make a complaint to authorities if you feel your privacy or access-to-information rights have been infringed upon. It includes what to do if you have an access-to-information or privacy issue with a BC public body or BC organization, or a federal body.

This resource provides basic information about your health information rights. It explains how your health information is used throughout the health system, health information confidentiality rights, the laws relating to health privacy information, who can access your health record, and more.

The page links to topics related to protecting your privacy and reputation. It includes guides on understanding your privacy rights, dealing with defamation, managing personal information, and navigating issues like online harassment.

Learn how to take charge of your cellphone privacy rights, and what provincial and federal laws protect your privacy.

Learn about BC’s privacy laws and the protection of your personal information.

The law helps protect anyone with a mental disability from discrimination. Learn what amounts to discrimination based on a mental disability, and the steps to take if you’re discriminated against.