The weekly update can be viewed here.
The November 18th CaseLines Information Session was recorded and is available here: vimeo.com/480936668
Criminal Case Management Appearances on or after November 30, 2020
The Ontario Court of Justice has released a new directive concerning the current practise of auto remanding matters.
The adjournment of criminal case management matters in the absence of the accused will end on Friday November 27, 2020. Commencing Monday November 30, 2020, accused persons will be required to attend for their scheduled case management court appearances either through counsel on their behalf, or by appearing personally by telephone or video.
For any accused persons who fail to attend a scheduled court appearance,. the Court has two options. The presiding judicial official may issue a bench summons requiring the accused person to attend court on a specified future date. The other option is for the presiding judicial official issue a bench warrant for the accused person's arrest, if the presiding judicial officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest to do so.
Link to Directive
I have also add changes to crown assignments for courtrooms today.
Sincerely,
Norman Panzica
York Director, Criminal Lawyers Association
103 Bails - Amy Barkin not Jina Lee
104 Bails – Kevin Stewart not Neil Singh
COVID-19: Practice Direction Authorizing Alternate Form of Appearance where an Enhanced Designation of Counsel has been Filed(Issued August 6, 2020; Updated November 16, 2020)
Enhanced Designations of Counsel -Frequently Asked Questions
Sample Enhanced Designation
Court Contact Information
Newmarket Virtual Case Management Court – Scheduling and Connection Details
Virtual Sign Up Sheets
201 List (being heard in 101 Court)
102 List (being heard in 106 Court)
Courtroom Call In Information 416-212-8012 866-633-0848
100 Intake/Other matters #4942812
101 (201 list) #8848721
103 Bail #4674204
104 Bail #6532049
200 Remand/Plea #5467574
201 Remand/Plea #9851321
Trial Readiness Court at #5700492
Crown Assignments Week of November 16, 2020
Monday November 16
202P – Beth Elizabeth.Barnier@ontario.ca
201 In Custody – Michael D. Michael.Demczur@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Michelle Michelle.Rumble@ontario.ca
103 Bails - Leeanne LeeAnne.McCallum@ontario.ca
104 Bails – Samantha Samantha.Peterson2@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Philip Philip.Hsiung@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Ivana Ivana.Denisov@ontario.ca
Bail Vettors –
Lucas - Lucas.O'Neill@ontario.ca
Elissa - Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Jacob Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca
Trial Courts:
102 – Joanne Joanne.McIntyre@ontario.ca
200 – Peter Peter.Westgate@ontario.ca
203 – Tony/Feds Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca
204 – Phyllis Phyllis.Castiglione@ontario.ca
302 – Nicole Nicole.Murphy@ontario.ca
303 – Kevin Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca
205 – Triage - Amy Amy.Barkin@ontario.ca
Tuesday November 17
202P – Gemma Gemma.Sang@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Rob De Chellia Robert.DeChellis@ontario.ca
103 Bails – Jacob Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca
104 Bails – Neil Anil.Singh2@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Jina Jina.Lee@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Jeanaha Jeanaha.Kim@ontario.ca
Leeanne LeeAnne.McCallum@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Rosanne Rosanne.Choi@ontario.ca
200 – Caitlin Caitlin.Pakosh@ontario.ca
205 – Peter Peter.Westgate@ontario.ca
Wednesday November 18
201 In Custody – Brad Bradley.Juriansz@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Rob De Chellis Robert.DeChellis@ontario.ca
103 Bails – Gemma Gemma.Sang@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Ivana Ivana.Denisov@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Jacob Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Erin Erin.Rizok2@ontario.ca
204 – Phyllis/Michael V. Phyllis.Castiglione@ontario.ca
205 – Jenna Jenna.Dafoe@ontario.ca
302 – Michelle Michelle.Rumble@ontario.ca
303 – Amy Amy.Barkin@ontario.ca
Thursday November 19
202P – Pat Patrizia.Colavecchia@ontario.ca
103 Bails - Jina Jina.Lee@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Erin Erin.Rizok2@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC - Jennifer Jennifer.Halajian@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Lori Lori.Thompson@ontario.ca
302 – Nicole - Nicole.Murphy@ontario.ca
303 – Closed
Friday November 20
201 In Custody – Amy Amy.Barkin@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Greg Greg.J.Elder@ontario.ca
103 Bails - Tony Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca
104 Bails – Gemma Gemma.Sang@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Jacob Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Michael V. Michael.Ventola@ontario.ca
102 – Neil Anil.Singh2@ontario.ca
200 – Michael D./Michael V./Jacob/Lesley/Brad (all pleas – the court has a Zoom set up)
Michael.Demczur@ontario.ca
203 – Brian Brian.McCallion@ontario.ca
New jury selection and new jury trials will not resume on November 16 in Newmarket. See the notice below:
Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials in Hamilton and Newmarket (November 13, 2020)
Filing Enhanced Designations
An issue has been raised that many Enhanced Designations are not being sent to the correct email inbox. The email address for sending in their Enhanced Designations is: yorkcrim@ontario.ca
As per the Practice directiion below (with the link provided), please be reminded of the filing provision found in Paragraph 17, under heading 4.
COVID-19: Practice Direction Authorizing Alternate Form of Appearance where an Enhanced Designation of Counsel has been Filed (August 6, 2020)
Link: https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19-old/alternate-form-appearance/
Below please find the weekly courtroom assignments and contact information.
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Crown Assignments Week of November 9, 2020
Monday November 9
202P – Sham
Shambavi.Kumaresan@ontario.ca
201 In Custody – Jeanaha
Jeanaha.Kim@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Rob De Chellis
Robert.DeChellis@ontario.ca
103 Bails - Gemma
Gemma.Sang@ontario.ca
104 Bails – Jacob
Jacob.Wilson@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Erin
Erin.Rizok2@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Samantha
Samantha.Peterson2@ontario.ca
Elissa Elissa.Kulpers@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Roseanne
Rosanne.Choi@ontario.ca
102 – Brad/Philip/Greg
200 – Leeanne
LeeAnne.McCallum@ontario.ca
203 – Michelle
Michelle.Rumble@ontario.ca
204 – Nicole Nicole.Murphy@ontario.ca
302 – Neil/Jenna
303 – Triage - Amy
Amy.Barkin@ontario.ca
Tuesday November 10
202P – Jacob
201 In Custody – Samantha
100 New Arrests – Gemma
103 Bails – Tony
Tony.VandenEnde@ontario.ca
104 Bails – Neil
Anil.Singh2@ontario.ca
201 List VCMC – Jina
Jina.Lee@ontario.ca
102 List VCMC – Jeanaha
Brian Brian.McCallion@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Lori
Lori.Thompson@ontario.ca
203 – Closed
302 – Phyllis
Phyllis.Castiglione@ontario.ca
303 – Michelle
Wednesday November 11
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Thursday November 12
202P – Beth
Elizabeth.Barnier@ontario.ca
201 In Custody – Amy
100 New Arrests – Jina
103 Bails - Tony
102 List VCMC - Jennifer
Jennifer.Halajian@ontario.ca
Remote Duty Crown – Pat
Patrizia.Colavecchia@ontario.ca
102 – Joanne/Caitlin
200 – Leaanne
203 – Kevin
Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca
204 – Brian/Caitlin
Brian.McCallion@ontario.ca
302 – Philip
Philip.Hsiung@ontario.ca
303 – Brad/RDC/Greg
Friday November 13
202P – Ivana
Ivana.Denisov@ontario.ca
201 In Custody – Michael Ventola
Michael.Ventola@ontario.ca
100 New Arrests – Michael Demczur
103 Bails - Sham
201 List VCMC – Jacob
Remote Duty Crown – Rosanne
102 – Michelle
203 – Kevin Kevin.Stewart@ontario.ca
302 – Tony (assist court)
303 – Brad/Rob DC/Greg
Further to my update on Monday November 2, 2020, I can advise that i was part of a meeting this week with Regional Senior Justice Rosenberg, acting Local Administrative Justice Giourgas, Justice Kenkel, the Crown Attorney and the Trial Coordinator to discuss addressing the backlog of matters currently awaiting the setting of trial dates.
As a result of that meeting, Newmarket is implementing a blitz trial set date court commencing November 18, 2020 to address some of the backlog. The Blitz Court will run between 2pm and 4pm on the applicable dates.
I have reproduced the applicable Notice below.
NOTICE TO THE PROFESSION
November 5, 2020
This Notice is to advise the profession that the Ontario Court of Justice, Newmarket, is implementing a Set Date Blitz Court beginning Wednesday November 18, 2020. The purpose of the Court is to deal with the backlog in set-date matters resulting from the pandemic. Appearances are by invitation only from the Trial Coordinator’s office.
The Trial Coordinator’s office will be sending out bring forward notices via email to counsel for matters where counsel have filed trial date requests. The office will give priority to requests by date sent. They will also try to group matters for one office together where possible.
Please do not email the Trial Coordinator to request priority or to have your matters grouped to one time. Matters will be dealt with solely on the basis of trial date request forms by date filed. This Court is for out-of-custody matters only. In-custody matters continue to be prioritized and will be set in the normal course. The Court will be held by Zoom so that counsel can appear by either video or audio.
The Court will sit on Wednesday November 18th, Thursday November 19th, Wednesday November 25th and Thursday November 26th from 2 pm to 4 pm each day. Initially we are targeting setting 20 matters each day. Adjustments to volume and further Blitz Court dates will be made/set as required. The matters in Blitz court must be ready to be set. There will be no time for case management.
The Crown will attend the Blitz Court with leave dates. The Crown will get the docket list ahead of time to secure these leave dates. Any issues after the date is set will be dealt with by the JPT judge. Any change to a trial date or request to change a trial date must be done before a judge on the record. If issues such as these must be addressed, please put the pertinent details into the subject line of the email to the Trial Coordinator’s office including that it involves a “Blitz Court” matter. Thank you for your cooperation.
Justice Victor Giourgas
Acting Local Administrative Justice
Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials and In-Person Operations in Brampton, Newmarket, Toronto and Ottawa (November 5, 2020)
Dear Real Estate Representatives, Presidents and Library Staff,
In an effort to keep real estate lawyers updated with the ever-changing situation, we have further information to be shared with the real estate lawyers in your association.
Teraview Fee Increases
This is a reminder that Teraview fees increase every year on November 1. Registration fees are now $77.62 and a parcel register (first page only) is $33.28. See the full list of current fees in Bulletin 2020-03 here.
Mortgage Discharge Escalation List
The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) updated its list of contacts for mortgage discharges and escalations. The updated list has been posted on the Law Society website here.
Changes To Writ Fee Reporting
A notice regarding changes to the fees for writ details has been posted on the Teraview® website here.
Plan Approval And Filing
Bulletin 2020-02 details the new process for the approval and filing of plans of survey in the land registration system effective October 13, 2020. A copy is available here.
Delivering Mortgage Discharge Payments by Wire
LawPRO has posted an up-to-date list of financial institutions that are accepting mortgage discharge payments by wire, including payment instructions. See LawPRO’s Avoid A Claim Blog here for further details.
If and when we receive further information of interest to the real estate bar, we will pass it along.
Stay up to date with FOLA’s real estate information at https://fola.ca/real-estate-law.
Merredith MacLennan and Eldon Horner
FOLA Real Estate Co-Chairs
York Region Law Association 50 Eagle St W, 3rd Floor Newmarket ON L3Y 6B1 905-895-2018 / 1-866-221-8864