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B.C. Supreme Court's 2024 annual report cites 863 trials that went ahead but 116 were cancelled.
The number of complex criminal cases has risen over the past five years to a record 29 last year .
26 criminal cases were thrown out since 2023 thanks to time limits meant to speed up justice.
A shortage of court sheriffs is at crisis levels and delaying justice system, report says.
The number of vacancies for Supreme Court judge positions at the end of 2024 — three — was an improvement over the 11 vacancies at the end of 2023 , according to the report. Phillips said vacancies fluctuate but the shortage is always there and is made worse by the fact the last time the number of judges was increased to keep up with B.C. ’s population increase was 2020 ..
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