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Newmarket OCJ Update July 6, 2020

6 Jul 2020 12:06 PM | York Region Law Association (Administrator)

Courthouse Finally Opens Today

As of today the Newmarket Courthouse is reopening to limited in person operations.  In person trials and preliminary hearings are set to start today.   All other criminal matters, including bail hearings and guilty pleas, will continue to be conducted remotely. In custody accused will only be brought to court in person to attend their trials or preliminary hearings.

As I indicated in last week's update,  improvements have been made particularly in the way of signage, sanitization, screening and social distancing measures.   Alot will be known shortly as these Phase 1 operations commence.

Crown Attorney's Association Injunction Application 

Issues have been raised with respect to the health and safety of persons entering Courthouses across the Province by various stakeholders. In particular the Crown Attorney's Association is seeking an injunction to prevent their members from being required to personally attend courthouses  given concerns over health and safety.  This Application is currently awaiting a hearing. The CLA has advised its members to make their own personal decisions whether to enter courthouses or seek remote appearances. 

As for today I have been advised that all assigned trial assistant crown attorneys attended Newmarket in person to deal with their trial matters.

Ministry Of The Attorney General PPE Policy

On Friday, MAG released a formal PPE policy, requiring all Ministry employees to wear appropriate PPE (surgical masks, as opposed to simply “face coverings”) where other appropriate measures are lacking or appropriate physical distancing is not possible. On Sunday MAG advised that surgical masks, face shields and other PPE will not be made available to defence counsel on site, although face coverings will be available to those who do not bring their own. 


Crown Assignments Week of July 6, 2020

Monday July 6

202P – RDC

Robert.DeChellis@ontario.ca

200 Court (judge) – Jeff

Jeffrey.Costain1@ontario.ca

201 Court (judge) – Erin

Erin.Rizok2@ontario.ca

103 Bails – Tony

Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca

104 Bails – Ivana

Ivana.Denisov@ontario.ca

Bail Vettors – 

Sham - Shambavi.Kumaresan@ontario.ca

Elissa - Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca

Remote Duty Crown – Brian

Brian.McCallion@ontario.ca

Trials – Leeanne, Michelle, Thompson

Tuesday July 7

202P – Brad

Bradley.Juriansz@ontario.ca

200 Court (judge) – Jacob

Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca

201 Court (judge) – Tony

Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca

103 Bails - Neil

Anil.Singh2@ontario.ca

104 Bails – Greg

Greg.J.Elder@ontario.ca

Bail Vettors – 

Elissa - Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca

Kevin - Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca

Remote Duty Crown – Jeff

Jeffrey.Costain1@ontario.ca

Trials – Leeanne, Michelle, Thompson

Wednesday July 8

202P – Samantha

Samantha.Peterson2@ontario.ca

200 Court (judge) – Ivana

Ivana.Denisov@ontario.ca

201 Court (judge) – Philip

Philip.Hsiung@ontario.ca

103 Bails - Tony

Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca

104 Bails – Jacob

Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca

Bail Vettors – 

Sham - Shambavi.Kumaresan@ontario.ca

Kevin - Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca

Remote Duty Crown – Jina

Trials – Michelle, Leeanne

Thursday July 9

202P – Greg

Greg.J.Elder@ontario.ca

200 Court (judge) – Jacob

Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca

201 Court (judge) – Erin

Erin.Rizok2@ontario.ca

103 Bails - Neil

Anil.Singh2@ontario.ca

104 Bails – Brad

Bradley.Juriansz@ontario.ca

Bail Vettors – 

Elissa - Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca

 Sham - Shambavi.Kumaresan@ontario.ca

Remote Duty Crown – Rosanne

Trials – Leeanne, Rob DC, Philip, Tony

Friday July 10

202P - Jina

200 Court (judge) – Gemma

Gemma.Sang@ontario.ca

201 Court (judge) – Greg

Greg.J.Elder@ontario.ca

103 Bails – Samantha

Samantha.Peterson2@ontario.ca

104 Bails – Thompson

Thompson.Hamilton@ontario.ca

Bail Vettors – 

Elissa - Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca

Kevin - Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca

Remote Duty Crown – Rosanne

Rosanne.Choi@ontario.ca

Trials – Leeanne, Rob DC, Philip, Tony


Courtroom Call In Information:

Tel. 416-212-8012 866-633-0848

100 Intake/Other matters  #4942812

103 Bail #4674204

104 Bail #6532049  

200 Remand/Plea #5467574  

201 Remand/Plea #9851321


Sincerely, 

Norman Panzica 

York Director,  Criminal Lawyers Association

York Region Law Association  50 Eagle St W, 3rd Floor Newmarket ON  L3Y 6B1  905-895-2018 / 1-866-221-8864

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