Crown & Court Assignments Week of March 21 2022 

Effective April 19, 2022, counsel must be gowned for any virtual proceeding that if conducted in person would require gowning. For greater clarity, unless a region-specific Practice Direction states otherwise, counsel are not required to gown for the following court attendances:

• Trial scheduling court (also known as assignment court, “speak to” court or “purge court”) in family, criminal or civil proceedings;

• Case conferences, settlement conferences, trial management conferences, or pre-trials; and

• Small Claims Court proceedings.

Counsel must be gowned for all other in-person or virtual proceedings. They must do so regardless of whether the presiding judicial official is a judge or an associate judge.

Justice George A. MacPherson, Superior Court of Justice - Family Division

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This week’s crown & courtroom assignments have been posted on the Criminal-OCJ page of this website.

This week’s crown & courtroom assignments have been posted on the Criminal-OCJ page of this website. Please note the highlighted change for today, February 7th.

This week’s update has been posted to the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.

Province-wide Notice to the Profession Regarding Family Law Cases - Effective September 13, 2021 - Amended January 10, 2022 to add sections 11 (regarding Motions to Change), 12 (regarding the new Law Society pilot program for family cases) and 13 (regarding automatic orders) 

Justice Canada has recently published  HELP Toolkit: Identifying & Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers . A link to the publication is also available on the Practice Areas - Family page of this website under “News.”

This week’s crown and courtroom assignments have been posted on the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.

Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve of the Ontario Court of Justice has updated her message re COVID, encouraging limited in-person hearings and reminding participants of the COVID protocols & virtual appearance guidelines in effect at courthouses. The following links provide detailed information on virtual court proceedings:

Going to Court

Remote Court Appearances Guide

Continue to check the OCJ’s website for current information.