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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 610

R. v. Brown

The court dismissed Mr. Brown’s application for transcript funding, finding no statutory authority and no evidentiary basis for a constitutional remedy.

  • Transcript funding
  • Right to appeal
  • Charter ss.7 and 15
  • S.96 constitution act, 1867
  • Legal aid review
  • Appointment of counsel s.684 criminal code
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Civil procedure 2019 BCSC 2436

Olenga v. 0843641 B.C. Ltd.

The court dismissed an application to compel transcript funding for an appeal, finding the issue barred by res judicata and unsupported on the facts, but allowed the appellant’s own transcription to be used.

  • Transcript funding
  • Indigency
  • Res judicata
  • Use of unofficial transcript
  • Court discretion
  • Transcript-funding
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Criminal law 2018 BCSC 2311

R. v. Verma

The court dismissed a summary conviction appeal for want of prosecution after the appellant failed to file transcripts and showed no basis for amicus, counsel, or mandamus.

  • Summary conviction appeal
  • Appointment of amicus
  • Mandamus
  • Appointment of counsel under s.684 criminal code
  • Transcript funding
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
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Criminal law 2017 BCCA 5

R. v. Burke

The Crown’s Rule 13(3) application was granted and the conviction appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution after repeated delays and failed efforts to advance it.

  • Rule 13(3)
  • Want of prosecution
  • Case management
  • Transcript funding
  • Self-represented litigant
  • Want-of-prosecution
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Criminal law 2011 BCSC 1096

R. v. Mohammed

Application for Crown-funded trial transcripts dismissed in a summary conviction appeal context because success on appeal was unlikely and liberty was not significantly at stake.

  • Transcript funding
  • Summary conviction appeal
  • Credibility findings
  • Statutory appeal test s.686/s.822
  • Criminal-appeal-transcripts
  • Credibility-findings
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Constitutional law 2009 BCCA 450

Pavlis v. HSBC Bank Canada

The Court of Appeal dismissed an indigent appellant’s request to have transcripts funded at public expense, holding Rule 20(1) is neutral and does not breach ss. 7 or 15.

  • Access to transcripts
  • Indigent status
  • Section 7 charter
  • Section 15 charter
  • Court of appeal rules r.20(1)
  • Transcript funding
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Criminal law 2007 BCCA 56

R. v. Kergan

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed Darcy Alphonse Kergan’s conviction appeal for want of prosecution after repeated delay and no concrete plan to obtain the transcript.

  • Want of prosecution
  • Failure to diligently pursue appeal
  • Section 684 criminal code
  • Transcript funding
  • Dismissal under rule 13(3)
  • Want-of-prosecution
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Criminal law 2004 BCSC 1816

HMTQ v. Skrivanek

The court dismissed an application for Crown-funded transcripts for two traffic appeals, holding the remedy is rare and unwarranted where liberty is not at stake and success is unlikely.

  • Transcript funding
  • Extraordinary remedies
  • Prospects of success
  • Liberty interest
  • Access to justice
  • Transcript-funding
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Criminal law 2002 BCCA 180

R. v. Semeniuk

The Court of Appeal refused an application for counsel and transcript funding after a fraud conviction, finding no miscarriage of justice or reviewable error.

  • Fraud
  • Uttering forged documents
  • Credibility findings
  • Legal aid refusal
  • Transcript funding
  • Miscarriage of justice
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Family law 2002 BCCA 139

DeFehr v. DeFehr

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to review refusal of funding for counsel and transcripts in a custody appeal, finding no basis to interfere with the chambers judge’s order.

  • Right to counsel
  • State funding of counsel
  • Child custody
  • Indigence
  • Transcript funding
  • Judicial review of chambers decision
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