May 17, 2022
The Ontario Court of Appeal has prepared a helpful one page document on COVID-related procedures. It addresses issues such as filing court documents and the mode of proceedings.
April 26, 2022
There is a new Notice of the Profession for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Northwest Region. The Northwest Region is comprised of Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Fort Frances. For civil matters, the presumptive mode of proceedings in the Northwest Region is the same as the Provincial Notice to the Profession. However, when a hearing […]
April 25, 2022
The Ontario Superior of Justice’s Northeast Region has issued a new Notice To The Profession, The Parties, And The Public. The Northeast Region is comprised of Cochrane, Gore Bay, Haileybury, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and Timmins. In terms of the mode of proceedings, one notable change from the Provincial Practice Direction […]
April 21, 2022
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Central South Region has issued a Notice to the Pubic and Profession, which came into effect on April 19, 2022. The notice addresses issues such as: the presumptive mode of proceedings the use of CaseLines scheduling motions and applications the materials for use on motions, including limits on the […]
April 18, 2022
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a Notice to the Profession, Parties, Public and the Media. This notice consolidates and supersedes all previous provincial notices. The regional notices still need to be consulted for region-specific practices and protocols. The new provincial notice addresses issues such as: Gowning Standard document naming protocol Electronically filing […]
April 11, 2022
The Central West Region has issued a Notice to the Profession and Parties, which will be effect on April 19, 2022. One notable difference from the recent guidelines issued by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on the mode of proceedings is that long motions in the Central West Region (motions of one hour or […]
