Welcome Justice Jennifer Lynne Myers, who has been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket.

Official announcement  

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

Please note Remembrance Day is this Thursday, November 11th.

This week's court and Crown assignments have been posted on the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.

This week’s update is posted on the Criminal - OCJ page under Practice Areas.

On October 15, 2021, a regulation was filed to amend court rules and forms for estates proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice: O. Reg. 709/21, amending the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The regulation: 

•  streamlines the Rule 74 probate process;
• aligns the Rule 74 application forms with Succession Law Reform Act amendments to sections 15(a), 16, 17 and 43.1 that were made through the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021, Schedule 9; and
• makes administrative amendments to 15 estate court forms.

These estate court rule and form amendments will come into force on January 1, 2022.

This week's court and Crown assignments have been posted on the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is supporting the new Judge-Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) with time-limited certificates for accused people without retained counsel whose matters are more than twelve months old and who have had their cases adjourned to the JICMC.

Accused are not required to contact LAO to make an application. They can select a lawyer on the panel, who will then initiate and complete a lawyer-assisted application for JICMC on behalf of their client. 

Accused are provided with a handout with more information including local duty counsel office numbers. Financial testing is not necessary in this situation.

This week’s Crown & court assignments are posted on the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.

Effective October 5, 2021:

This notice has been amended to clarify the procedure for submitting to the court documents that are, or are proposed to be, subject to a sealing order (Part C, paragraph 8.

Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters Regarding the Caselines Pilot, E-Filing, and Fee Payment - September 2, 2020; updated October 5, 2021

The October 2021 FOLA Real Estate Update is now available. Topics include New Business Registry, SureFund, Nominations for 2022 Law Society Awards, Free LSO CPD Assists, DRA Updates, Ongoing consulations