TS a aA LE ON ES

IN NORTH VANCOUVER
Volunteers sought to

keep an eye on courts

THE NORTH Vancouver Family Court Commit-
tee (FCC) is looking for a dozen volunteers inter-
ested in keeping an eye on the courts.

Don Rutherford, head of
the FCC’s court watch sub-
committee, says the primary
aim of the volunteers will be
to ensure that everyone is
dealt with fairly before the
courts.

‘“*The court watchers will
be observing and monitoring
family and youth courts, col-
lecting data on things like
how long it takes to get a
case to trial, if a kid is repre-
sented by a lawyer, and the
disposition of each case,”’
Rutherford said. He added
the court watchers will
monitor whether individual
judges deal with cases dif-
ferently, as well as how
Crown Counsels deal with
certain matters.

Rutherford said the FCC
will be looking for adults
with an interest in how the
courts function, especially
those with a community in-
terest, but added all appli-
cants will be screened: ‘‘We
are very cautious of people
with special interests.””

The successful candidates
will attend a one-day orien-
tation meeting, tentatively
scheduled for late October.
According to Rutherford,
depending on the_ response,
the orientation will feature
members of the FCC, court
administration, and a pres-
entation by Crown counsel.

The court watchers will be
responsible to the Family
Court Committee, made up
of 10 volunteers from North
Vancouver City and District
and one alderman. The FCC
was formed in order to act
as a link between the North

Vancouver municipalities
and the justice system.
Rutherford said court

watchers will be expected to
keep the FCC informed on
court happenings, and will
be welcome to attend FCC
meetings — although not as
members — and will also be
monitored on thei work by
the FCC

He said he, along with
other members of the FCC,
will also. do some court
watch duties at the start of
the program, as part of the
ongoing supervision of the
program.

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the District appointee and
liaison, said in a news release
this week that the proposal
for court watchers has
received ‘‘the blessings of

both councils. What we need
now is additional volunteers
court watching is a
valuable and engrossing
community service.”’

Said Rutherford: ‘‘The
whole court watch business
has been growing for some
time. The new Young Of-
fenders Act was the impetus
for the North Van court
watchers coming into ef-

fect.’’ He said the court wat-
chers program has been in
the planning stages almost
since the FCC’s inception in
1983.

Background information
on the program was drawn
from several publications
released across Canada, with
Rutherford also observing
the West Vancouver court
watch program, which has

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been operating for
time.

*“We now have a rotating
Crown, so we don’t know
how that will affect court
watching as far the liaising
(with the Crown Counsel)
goes,’’ says Rutherford.
‘*But we hear it (court wat-
ching) does tend to be very
useful and the courts have
been very responsive.’’

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