Strauber v Cohen

Decided: 2026-10-21. Docket: CA49638. Citation: 2026 BCCA 437 (CanLII). Procedure — Appeals — Transcripts — Registrar’s settling of transcripts under Court of Appeal Rules, B.C. Reg 120/2022 — Whether appeal can still be properly considered if transcript is limited — Financial constraints considered, caution in fact intensive appeals — One coherent transcript directed for appeal and cross appeal — Application dismissed | Procedure — Review applications — Registrar’s discretion — Discretionary decision entitled to high degree of deference — Overturned only if registrar erred in principle, misapprehended facts or was clearly wrong, J.P. v K.S., Guerster v Jensen — Review is not a hearing de novo — No reviewable error established — Application dismissed | Rights and freedoms — Charter rights