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BCCA redirects here. It can also refer to the British Cyclo-Cross Association.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a number of boards and tribunals. The BCCA does not directly hear appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. It will hear appeals from the Supreme Court on criminal matters that originated in the Provincial Court. Statute restricts appeals on civil matters from the Provincial Court (Small Claims) to the Supreme Court. However, some Provincial Court civil matters may come before the BCCA on very narrow matters having to do with questions of administrative law or other unusual circumstances.

The BCCA consists of 20 justices (including a Chief Justice), five of whom are supernumerary. All justices of the BCCA (including the position of Chief Justice) are appointed by the federal government. The central registry for the BCCA is in Vancouver, where the BCCA holds most of its sittings. The BCCA also occasionally hears cases in Victoria, Kelowna, and Kamloops. The judges for the Court also double as judges for the Yukon Court of Appeal. Cases from Yukon are heard in both Vancouver and in Whitehorse.

A full panel of the court consists of five justices; however, most cases are heard by a panel of three justices. A single justice will preside over matters heard in ”chambers”, usually Interlocutory matters or applications for leave to appeal.

When the court moved from its previous location (what is now the Vancouver Art Gallery), one of the old courtrooms was reconstructed in the present Arthur Erickson designed Vancouver Law Courts. When in session, a panel of the court will often preside in this Heritage Courtroom.

All courts in the Province of British Columbia display the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom are as a symbol of its judiciary[1]

• Thomas R. Braidwood (1996 - 2005)
• William A. Esson (1983 - 1989) (1996 - 2005)

(Chief Justice, B.C. Supreme Court 1989 - 1996)

• Wallace T. Oppal (2003 - 2005)
• John Douglas Lambert (1978- 2005)
• H.A. Hollinrake (1990 - 2004)
• Patricia M. Proudfoot (1989 - 2002)
• G.S. Cumming (1989 - 2001)
• Allan McEachern (Chief Justice) (1988 - 2001)
• D.B. Hinds (1990 - 1999)
• D.M.M. ("Michael") Goldie (1991 - 1999)
• A. B. Macfarlane (1982 - 1999)
• R. J. Gibbs (1989 - 1999)
• A.B.B. Carrothers (1973 - 1998)
• H.P. Legg (1989 - 1997)
• E.E. Hinkson (1977 - 1996)
• H.E. Hutcheon (1980 - 1996)
• Josiah Wood (1989 - 1996)
• Samuel Toy (1988 - 1993)
• Beverley McLachlin (1985 - 1988)

• BCCA website

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