British Columbia has the right to charge administrative court fees, but they can’t be so high as to prevent litigants from accessing the legal system, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.
The justices said the effect of the B.C. fee scheme would be to deny some people access to the courts, so they struck it down as unconstitutional by a 6-1 margin.
http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1172352/supreme-court-strikes-down-high-b-c-court-fees/