

Effective April 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has established procedures which allow parties to schedule a COVID-19 Telephone Conference Hearing (“TCH”) for matters that are not considered urgent or essential (as specified in the Court’s April 16, 2020 Notice) and that were scheduled for a hearing during the Suspension Period.
At this time, the TCH is only available to parties who had a matter scheduled for hearing during the Suspension Period between March 19, 2020 and May 29, 2020). To schedule a TCH the following criteria must be met:
The Court may at a later date expand the availability of the TCH Process to matters not scheduled during the Suspension Period. EKB will continue to monitor this unfolding situation.
Read more EKB Updates about the legal implications and impact on B.C. business of COVID-19.