FOLA’s latest real estate newsletter contains information on LRO updates, Sid Troister’s commentary on the amendments to s. 50 of the Planning Act, and promoting the use of Standard Closing Documents. Read it here or on our Practice Areas > Real Estate page here.

Also, a document entitled “Teraview® Paper Registration Quick User Guide” has been added to our Practice Areas > Real Estate page here.

Congratulations to Justice Jessica Sickinger, who has been assigned to the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket. The official notice can be found here.

FOLA’s latest real estate update is now available. For past updates see FOLA’s Real Estate page or on this website under Practice Areas > Real Estate.

Consultations are currently being held on REBBA (Code of Ethics); Land Use Compatibility Guide; and the Conservation Act, and comments are due by July 2, July 3 and June 27, respectively.

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

Consolidated Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding the Small Claims Court - March 16, 2020; last amended June 4, 2021

Central East Region update to civil notice. Parties must (1) file pre-trial memos through an online portal and (2) send a copy to the pre-trial email address. See para. 43 of the Region’s civil notice. 

Continued suspension of Small Claims Court operations due to COVID-19 - Updated May 31,2021.

This week’s courtroom & Crown assignments are posted on the Criminal-OCJ page here.

The E-Hearings Task Force (Members: Advocates’ Society, OBA, FOLA, OTLA) published the second edition of Best Practices for Remote Hearings today.

View it on our Best Practices page under Practice Areas here or on The Advocates’ Society website here.

The following notice from the OCJ was revised today:

Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (May 26,

2021)

A Word version is also available:

Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (May 26, 2021)

View FOLA’s submission to The Honourble Doug Downey, Attorney General Ministry of Attorney General, on May 25, 2021: 

FOLA Submissions on Automatic Standard Orders Relating to Financial Disclosure by the Clerk in Family Law Matters