Duty Counsel:

We would advise you to speak to Duty Counsel if you are denied Legal Aid and if you can not afford to pay for your own lawyer.

Direct: 250-378-0513

Office: 250-378-9355

Other: 250-378-3197

The next probation date in Lytton is
May 18th. 

B.C. First Nations Court Focuses on community and healing. It gives everyone involved a chance to be heard. The main goal of First Nations Court is to strengthen and heal you and your community.

First Nations Court Locations In B.C.?

• North Vancouver
• Duncan
• Kamloops
• Merritt
• New Westminster

Looking to transfer your case to First Nations Court?

These Courts handle:

• bail hearings
• sentencing hearings

Conditions for possibly transferring your case to First Nations Court:

• If you self-identify as Indigenous
• you're pleading guilty to a criminal case

Brydges Line is a province-wide toll-free telephone service available

24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You can call to speak to a lawyer if you're:

• arrested;
• detained; and
• under active investigation by the police or another law enforcement agency for a criminal offence and in custody, but you are not yet charged, and you need emergency legal services.

Brydges Line services are available at:

1-866-458-5500 (call no charge)

If you know someone in custody at a police lock-up who is awaiting a bail hearing, they can get legal advice over the phone during the evenings and on weekends and holidays.

Advice counsel services are available by calling:

1-888-595-5677

(no charge from anywhere in BC)

Hours:

Mon to Fri — 6 pm to 10 pm

Weekends and statutory holidays

- 8 am to 10 pm

Lawyers do not conduct teleconference bail hearings.

Police should fax the proposed "conditions of release" to the lawyer at 1-866-639-5733