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B.C. Home » Justice » Justice Reform Initiatives » Civil Justice Reform

Reports

Like all social institutions, the justice system must evolve in order to remain relevant and responsive to the needs of society.

Many reports on the civil justice system from around the world have explored this issue.

They have identified cost, delay and complexity as critical barriers to access to civil justice and have offered some common solutions. They include an increased reliance on collaborative dispute resolution as an alternative to court and greater judicial control of cases.

These reports include:

• Effective and Affordable Civil Justice
  (BC Civil Justice Reform Working Group)
• Systems of Civil Justice (Canadian Bar Association)
• Access to Justice, Final Report, England, 1996
• Managing Justice, A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System (Australia)