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2 new judges appointed to BC's Provincial Court

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Jul, 2024 04:14 PM

British Columbia's government has appointed two new Provincial Court judges to support consistent and timely access to justice.

Parveen Nijjar and Paul Pearson have both been appointed and are set to start on July 25th.

Nijjar has more than 15 years of experience in law and in 2018 became the director's counsel in the Legal Services Branch at the Ministry of the Attorney General.

Pearson has been a criminal lawyer for around 25 years and has been teaching criminal procedure and ethics at the University of Victoria for four years.

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