The following Superior Court of Justice notice was updated today:

Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings – December 14, 2020 UPDATE

Today’s OCJ Update with court connection and call in details can be found under the OCJ section on the Court Info/Forms > Criminal page of this website. 

Newmarket P202 Zoom Court -  Resolutions of Out of Custody Matters - Commencing December 14, 2020

The local bench has approved a new protocol intended to start on December 14, 2020 for Resolutions in P202 Court, which incorporates the substance of stakeholder input. 

This procedure will apply to out-of-custody matters including guilty pleas, sentencings, and peace bonds expected to take 30 minutes or less. Matters anticipated to take longer than 30 minutes are to be scheduled by the trial coordinator.

Please see the attached protocol with Zoom information.

Sincerely,
Norman Panzica
York Director,  Criminal Lawyers Association

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See this week's update on the Criminal Page of this website.

The following notice was updated today by the Superior Court of Justice:

Consolidated Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding the Small Claims Court

March 16, 2020

Notice of amendments:

• Effective November 30, 2020:
  • The Court is expanding the range of matters it will hear remotely. In addition to the requests it was accepting before, it will now accept requests for:
    • Motions in writing that are without notice to any other party, whether the motion is new or previously filed; and
    • Settlement conferences, if all defendants had filed a defence or been noted in default prior to August 31, 2020. A settlement conference does not need to have been previously scheduled.
  • The Court is using different request forms for motions in writing and requests to clerk. (Previously, the same form was used for both documents.)

The Newmarket OCJ connection details, sign up sheets and court/crown assignments can be found on the Court Info/Forms > Notices/Forms Criminal web page here.

Law Society Board approves 2021 budget: Reduces fees for a second year & establishes COVID-19 Response Fund

FOLA’s weekly update is available here. 

Consolidated Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons, Public and the Media Re Expanded Operations of Ontario Superior Court of Justice, effective May 19, 2020 - Updated November 24, 2020