Court Trial In Canada

Stress and Justice: A Special Experience of Attending a Court Trial in Canada

With the high-speeded development throughout the centuries, most countries have developed a complete justice system for the improvement of public security, the prevention of crimes, and the consequences for breaking the laws. Despite that different countries have established their own systems and laws, the courts are still playing as an important role by providing a platform for settling conflicts between individuals or between individual and the government and companies, administrating justice with a fair approach, and maintaining the laws and the stability of society. For defendants, the court is a place to defense themselves and face up to the consequences for

The Provincial Court handles various areas, such as criminal, youth, and traffic cases, and combines several short proceedings in the same court room. The Court of Queen’s Bench deals with divorce, adoption, and disputes relate to damage, money and estates, and it is also focused on some closed cases that are in long proceedings. For this project, I have visited to the Red Deer Courthouse on October 6, 2017 at 10am. Firstly, I have attended the Provincial Court in room 101, with three different short-proceeded cases; and then I went into the Court of Queen’s Bench in room 202 with the hearing of a family issue. Although this is the first time of visiting a Courthouse in Canada, there are some unexpected aspects while comparing with my previous experience of being in the High Court of Hong Kong. This reaction paper will focus on the personal experience in the Red Deer Courthouse, a comparison of the Courthouse among Canada and Hong Kong, some interesting discoveries about stress among different people in the court trial, and the relationship between stress and

Based on my previous experiences of visiting a Courthouse in Hong Kong, I did not bring a lot of personal belongings with me and wore all black as my dress code. At the entrance, I had to go through a security check before getting into the lobby, which is like those at the airport. The overall atmosphere was dignified and serious, and the instructions were clear. The employees in the office were kind and helpful for providing information. Also, there was an electronic screen on the left side of the lobby, which has provided the schedule of that day, the time and the room number for the trial. There were just a few people when I was there, they were chatting quietly in front of the court room. Some of them looked calm while some looked stressful from their facial