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Judges of the BC Court of Appeal and BC Supreme Court are officially called ''Justices''. Please note, they are no longer addressed as “My Lord,” “My Lady,” “Your Lordship,” or “Your Ladyship”. Since November of 2021 the ways to address judges are: | Judges of the BC Court of Appeal and BC Supreme Court are officially called ''Justices''. Please note, they are no longer addressed as “My Lord,” “My Lady,” “Your Lordship,” or “Your Ladyship”. Since November of 2021 the ways to address judges are: | ||
*For Justices of the Court of Appeal use “Chief Justice” (for the Chief Justice only), “Justice”, “Madam Justice”, “Mr. Justice”, or, if addressing more than one, as “Justices”, according to the context. It is no longer acceptable to address them as “My Lady”, “My Lord”, “Your Ladyship” or “Your lordship”. In a Registrar’s hearing at the Court of Appeal, the Registrar is to be addressed as “Your Honour”. | *For Justices of the Court of Appeal use “Chief Justice” (for the Chief Justice only), “Justice”, “Madam Justice”, “Mr. Justice”, or, if addressing more than one, as “Justices”, according to the context. It is no longer acceptable to address them as “My Lady”, “My Lord”, “Your Ladyship” or “Your lordship”. In a Registrar’s hearing at the Court of Appeal, the Registrar is to be addressed as “Your Honour”. | ||
* | * Associate judge and registrars of the Supreme Court are addressed as “Your Honour.” Note that effective January 15, 2024, the ''Supreme Court Act'' was amended to replace the title of ''master'' with the title of ''associate judge''. All references to a ''master'' of the BC Supreme Court should be read as a reference to an ''associate judge''. Provincial Court judges are also called “Your Honour.” | ||
*For Justices of the BC Supreme Court use “Chief Justice” (for the Chief Justice of the BC Supreme Court only), “Justice”, “Madam Justice”, or “Mr. Justice”. Here too, the terms “My Lady”, “My Lord”, “Your Ladyship” or “Your lordship” are no longer acceptable. The most appropriate form of address for | *For Justices of the BC Supreme Court use “Chief Justice” (for the Chief Justice of the BC Supreme Court only), “Justice”, “Madam Justice”, or “Mr. Justice”. Here too, the terms “My Lady”, “My Lord”, “Your Ladyship” or “Your lordship” are no longer acceptable. The most appropriate form of address for an associate judge of the BC Supreme Court is “Your Honour”. A District Registrar or the Registrar of the BC Supreme Court is called "Your Honour." | ||
* For BC Provincial Court judges, the proper form of address for a judge is “Your Honour”. For ''Judicial Justices'', ''Judicial Case managers", ''justice of the Peace Adjudicators'', or ''Court Services Justices of the Peace'', the proper term is still “Your Worship.” | * For BC Provincial Court judges, the proper form of address for a judge is “Your Honour”. For ''Judicial Justices'', ''Judicial Case managers", ''justice of the Peace Adjudicators'', or ''Court Services Justices of the Peace'', the proper term is still “Your Worship.” | ||
