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