By no means am I a lawyer, but I nevertheless have questions regarding this. In response to deficient resources and court delays, it seems that various court systems throughout Canada are adapting an "appraisal" approach to justice. While this may be applicable to civil court,  and indeed one could argue that this is done with reference to cases subject to arbitration following discovery, how does it suffice for criminal cases? Frankly, I though archivists and realtors concerned themselves with "appraisal" more than lawyers and judges.

Needless to add, if various provinces choose to adapt an "appraisal" approach to criminal justice,  what value criteria will be employed in aid of this approach? Having worked in archives, the problem of value criteria vexes archivists to this day. The difference between determining the value of archival documents and criminal cases is profoundly different in my estimation.