originally posted on December 12, 2020
Did you know that according to the Supreme Court of Canada, members of the Bar have a responsibility to assist a person who would otherwise be self represented?
in 2017, the Court made a decision called Pintea v Johns in which it affirmed its endorsement of the Statement of Principles on Self-represented Litigants and Accused Persons established by the Canadian Judicial Council.
Correspondence has now been sent to the Vancouver County Representatives of the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, asking them to fulfil the responsibilities that the Supreme Court of Canada has said that they have toward self-represented persons. Perhaps the ISS’s allegation that the Crown denies section 3 Charter rights for years at a time might be heard by courts before too long.
Please click on Members-of-the-Bar to look at the correspondence.