Today the Ontario Court of Justice issued the following updates:

Update re Criminal Proceedings: resumption of out-of-custody trials and preliminary inquiries as of May 25, 2021 (published May 18, 2021)

COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (May 18, 2021)

On May 17, 2021, a regulation was filed to amend court rules and forms for civil proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice: O. Reg. 343/21, amending the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The regulation amends three rules of the Rules of Civil Procedure to:

-       eliminate the 60-day delay between a party setting down a defended action for trial and the action being placed on the trial list and make consequential amendments to this rule change; and

-       revoke two obsolete provisions regarding the time for trial listing for matters outside Toronto, to reflect existing practice across the province.

This week’s Crown and courtroom assignments have been posted on the Practice Areas > Criminal-OCJ here.

Today the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued the following notice:

Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings
May 12, 2021 update

As of May 14 in certain areas e.g., Simcoe & Muskoka (not Newmarket), the following practice advisory takes effect:

Practice Advisory Concerning the Superior Court of Justice’s Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution Pilot Projects

This week’s Crown assignments and schedule can be found on the Practice Areas > Criminal-OCJ page of this website here.

Coming May 19-20, 2021:

Mental Health for Legal Professionals Summit  8 h EDI Professionlism

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The Ontario Court of Justice released updates to Criminal and Family Law proceedings on May 4, 2021.  

Update re Criminal Proceedings: reducing out-of-custody trials and preliminary inquiries between April 26 and May 21, 2021 (published April 21, 2021; updated May 4, 2021)

Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (April 21, 2021) - May 4, 2021

This week’s Crown Assignments have been posted to the Criminal-OCJ page of our website here.

The following notice was updated on April 28, 2021:

Continued Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations due to COVID-19