Effective Date: 09 June 2025
Summary
On June 9, a new Supreme Court registry opened at the Port Coquitlam Law Courts and full registry services are available. The address for the Port Coquitlam Law Courts is:
2620 Mary Hill Road
Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 3B2
Additional Information
- Parties who file a notice of civil claim or a notice of family claim may indicate Port Coquitlam as the place of trial.
- Any Supreme Court proceeding except a criminal trial or a civil jury trial can be scheduled in Port Coquitlam, including summary conviction appeals, bail hearings/reviews, detention review hearings, judicial case conferences, trial management conferences, case planning conferences, civil or family trials and civil or family summary trials.
- All hearings in Port Coquitlam will be scheduled according to the assize system.
- A regular chambers day for Judges and Associate Judges will be determined at a later date.
- Parties who have a civil or family trial scheduled in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, New Westminster or Vancouver are invited to consider applying to move their trial to Port Coquitlam. Please contact Supreme Court Scheduling for more information at sc.scheduling_pc@bccourts.ca or 604.927.2255.
- Parties who wish to move their civil or family trial to Port Coquitlam must follow the processes in the Supreme Court Civil Rules or the Supreme Court Family Rules for applying to change the place of trial. Where the parties consent to changing the place of trial, parties may apply by way of desk order. The Court cannot guarantee that parties who choose to move their trial to Port Coquitlam will be able to secure the same trial dates.
- Renovations to some of the Supreme Court courtrooms in Port Coquitlam is required in order to accommodate criminal trials and jury trials. It is anticipated these renovations will be completed in the fall of 2026. Further directions for the scheduling of criminal trials and jury proceedings will be provided once the renovations are completed.