Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie has announced the appointment of four justice of the peace adjudicators. JP Adjudicators are lawyers who conduct simplified small claims trials in the Vancouver and Richmond courthouses in cases involving from $5,001 to $10,000.  

It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce that the Lieutenant Governor in Council has signed Orders in Council appointing four new justice of the peace adjudicators to the Provincial Court. The new appointments are Anil Aggarwal, Kirandeep Dhaliwal, Subodh Chandra, and Wendy Serné.

Anil Aggarwal 

Anil Aggarwal will be sworn in on October 20, 2025. Mr. Aggarwal holds a JD from UBC (2015). Practicing as a civil litigator, he has extensive experience working with self represented litigants. He is a mediator and an adjudicator with the Mental Health Review Board (2019-2023) and the Employment Assistance Appeals Tribunal (2018-present).

Kirandeep Dhaliwal

Kirandeep Dhaliwal will be sworn in on October 20, 2025. Ms. Dhaliwal has worked in civil litigation for her entire career. Called to the bar in 2004, she has practiced with several small to mid-sized law firms engaged mostly in personal injury work. She has appeared in all levels of court and participated in mediations and arbitrations. Since 2019, she has worked with ICBC at their headquarters in North Vancouver. Currently she is in a senior counsel role.

Subodh Chandra

Subodh Chandra will be sworn in on October 20, 2025. Mr. Chandra is an Operations Manager at ICBC and has worked there since 2007. Prior to that, after graduating from law school in 2004, he worked with Shelley Sugarman Law Corp and Murphy Battista. Regularly involved in complex negotiations and mediations, he is also an adjudicator with the Energy Resource Appeal Tribunal [since 2023]. Mr. Chandra immigrated to Canada in 2000 with his wife. He is fluent in Hindi.

Wendy Serné

Wendy Serné will be sworn in on October 20, 2025. Ms. Serné has been involved in civil litigation for 26 years, having been called to the BC Bar in 1998. Since 2016, she has practiced exclusively in the area of civil litigation and personal injury. She has current mediation experience, and has extensive experience working with self representing litigants.