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If the legal issues in the court proceeding aren't settled, there will be a ''trial''. At the trial, each side will present their evidence and their arguments, and the judge will make a decision about the legal issues, called a ''judgment''. The judgment will describe not only the judge's ''final orders'' on the legal issues, but the judge's decisions about the facts of the case and the law that applies to the case.
Applications to ''change final orders'' are made by filing a ''Notice of Application'' (Form F31) and an ''Affidavit'' (Form F30) in court and serving them on the other parties. The process works just like the process for interim applications, except that the application respondent has 14 business days from the date of service of the application materials to reply to the application.
====Addressing the court====
Masters deal with a wide variety of applications in Supreme Court Chambers. They deal mainly with interim applications and hear judicial cases conferences. Masters of the Supreme Court are addressed as "Your Honour."
Justices can also hear interim applications and judicial cases conferences, but are mostly assigned to hear trials and applications to change final orders. Until quite recentlya couple years ago, justices were addressed by the ancient-sounding terms "My Lord" or "My Lady," or, if you wanted, as "Your Lordship" or "Your Ladyship." As of the end of 2021, a justice of the BC Supreme Court is to be addressed as "Chief Justice", "Associate Chief Justice", "Justice", "Madam Justice", or "Mr. Justice" as the context requires. The old terms "My Lord", "My Lady", "Your Lordship", and "Your Ladyship" are to be avoided.
====Appeals====
Interim orders of masters may be ''appealed'' to a justice of the Supreme Court. A party appealing the order of a master must file a ''Notice of Appeal'' (Form F98) in the Supreme Court within 14 days of the date the order was made.
Interim and final orders of justices of the Supreme Court are ''appealed'' to the Court of Appeal and must be brought within 30 days of the date of the order. Appeals of interim orders are generally ''limited appeal orders'' and require the permission of the Court of Appeal before they will be heard, called ''leave''. Appeals of final orders don't need leave to proceed. Appeals to the Court of Appeal proceed under the ''[[https://canlii.ca/t/b96x Court of Appeal Act]]'' and the [httphttps://canlii.ca/t/85bg bgkw Court of Appeal's rules of court] and court forms. Appeals of interim orders start by filing a ''Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal'' (Form 1) in court, while appeals of final orders start by filing a ''Notice of Appeal'' (Form 7). Both Notices of Application for Leave to Appeal and Notices of Appeal must be served on the other parties.
It's important to know that an order that is appealed remains in effect unless the master or justice who made the order says otherwise. Starting an appeal doesn't mean that you can ignore the order you are appealing.
See [[How Do I Appeal an Interim Supreme Court Decision?]] and [[How Do I Appeal an Interim Supreme Court Decision?]] under the Helpful Guides & Common Questions section for more information on appealing Supreme Court orders.
==The Court of Appeal==