Legal Resources

This website offers resources in 13 languages that are designed to help you get informed, connected, and prepared throughout your refugee claim journey. All the materials were written and vetted by refugee lawyers.

Links to online fillable court forms for BC Supreme Court for family matters. You can view them in alphabetical or numerical order. The page provides instructions for opening and saving the forms, including which browsers and software to use.

Links to online fillable court forms for BC Supreme Court for civil matters. You can view them in alphabetical or numerical order. The page provides instructions for opening and saving the forms, including which browsers and software to use.

If you have a court of appeal case and can’t afford a lawyer, this page explains how to apply for a court-appointed lawyer under section 684 of the Criminal Code.

A series of guidebooks for cases involving a family matter in the Supreme Court of BC — including divorce, separation, dividing family property, child support, spousal support, parenting issues, and adoption.

Explains issues that count as priority parenting matters and how to make an application in the Provincial Court. Priority parenting matters include urgent health decisions for a child, immediate needs for a passport, a child’s upcoming travel or activity, or issues relating to relocation or removal of a child.

Explains how to apply for orders about priority parenting matters in the Provincial Court. Priority parenting matters include time-sensitive or emergency medical treatment for a child, applying for a passport, a child’s upcoming travel or activity, or a child’s removal from or return to a specific area in BC.

This page provides court forms used in criminal law matters. The forms are in PDF format that you can fill out and print.

Picklists contain sample language that you can use in court orders and applications. They provide standard wording to help you make yourself understood to the court.

This page will help you learn basic information about courtrooms, court procedures, and common legal words.