CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indictable Offence, Provincial Superior, Responsible Government
23 Nov 2016
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Topic #5 the court system: the structure of canada"s court system, provincial court of bc (trial court) important to. Remember trial court and inferior (a) general features. Has 3 divisions (below) (b) responsible government. Provincial (c) jurisdiction (types of cases it hears) Hybrid (elective) both but crown decides to make it indictable or summary (ex: sexual assault: any sexual touching or contact without consent) slapping ass = summary. Summary convictions offences jurisdiction of provincial courts. Bail hearing and preliminary hearing (for indictable offence) in provincial court. More than 90% of criminal matters start at provincial court: most crimes are not serious (ii) small claims (civil) Jurisdiction of claims of less than ,000 or else its to the. Supreme court of bc (iii) family & youth. Jurisdiction over spousal support claim, child support claims, child custody disputes. Cant: division of property and debt only bc supremem court, Divorce order order that ends the marriage must be bc.
