Legal Resources

The Crime Victim Assistance Program is a financial benefits program that assists victims, immediate family members, and some witnesses. This information sheet is part of the Help Starts Here series and provides information about financial assistance and benefits for victims of violent crime.

Explains what a trust is; how having a trust affects your disability assistance; what the different kinds of trusts are; who can set up a trust for you; and how you can use the money in your trust without affecting your disability assistance.

Looking for the location and time of court proceedings happening today? Use the daily court lists to find the schedule for court proceedings happening across the province.

If you’ve been the victim of a violent crime, you may be entitled to financial assistance to offset financial losses and help with recovery. The Crime Victim Assistance Program helps victims, immediate family members, and some witnesses to help with the effects of violent crime.

Court Services Online is British Columbia’s electronic court registry. This interactive page allows you to e-search civil and criminal court documents, e-file your documents, use the filing assistant to fill out forms, and view daily court lists. You can also view tutorials and demonstrations.

Need to file court documents or forms, request your divorce certificate, or pay a traffic ticket? To do this in person, you’ll need to visit a court registry. Registries are in 44 of BC’s 45 staffed court locations.

Some court documents can be submitted (also referred to as “filing”) by fax. But not all courthouses are set up to accept faxes, and certain documents can’t be sent by fax. See what locations accept fax filings and find information on how to file by fax.

Court orders issued in a civil proceeding can only be executed by court bailiffs who have a contract with the Ministry of Justice. Common examples of these court orders are a writ of possession, a writ of seizure and sale and an order of seizure and sale.

A list of the tribunals in BC. Tribunals administer rules for everyday things like employment, housing, health, and industry.

The BC Prosecution Service is made up of about 500 Crown counsel, lawyers who act as prosecutors on behalf of society as a whole. Its role is to provide impartial decision-making in criminal justice. Includes information about the charging process, sentencing, bail, and victim impact statements.