B.C. launches first-in-Canada online tribunal to resolve civil disputes
An online tribunal, the first of its kind in Canada, that allows B.C. residents to resolve strata disputes and small-claims squabbles is officially up and running, Attorney General Suzanne Anton boasted Friday.
The new civil resolution tribunal is a voluntary, but soon to be mandatory electronic, portal intended to ease court backlogs and alleviate access-to-justice concerns.
After a longer-than-expected gestation period, the tribunal, open 24/7, will not immediately clear clotted provincial dockets in the provincial and Supreme Courts dockets because it will initially accept only minor condo disputes that would rarely make it to court.
This content has been updated on 07/20/2016 at 15 h 24 min.