Friday, September 30th is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is a day to recognize the tragic legacy of the residential school system and the ways it continues to affect Indigenous Peoples in Canada. It is a day to mourn the children who did not return from residential school and to honour the survivors, their families, and the resilience of their communities.

To allow for reflection on this important day, the Courts will be closed except for certain matters that must be heard.

In the Ontario Court of Justice, only Weekend and Statutory Holiday (bail) courts will operate.

In the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, urgent matters such as those heard on statutory holidays will be heard.

In the Court of Appeal for Ontario, no motions or appeals are scheduled for that day.

Courts will be operating as usual this coming Monday, September 19, 2022. The day has been designated a "Day of Mourning" by the provincial government, and Ontarians are encouraged to observe a moment of silence around 1:00 pm. Federal offices (e.g., Canada Post, Service Canada) will be closed.

Click here for the Presumptive Mode of Hearing chart from the Notice To the Profession and Family Law Litigants – Central East Region.

View the full notice here: PROTOCOL FOR FAMILY AND CHILD PROTECTION MATTERS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE CENTRAL EAST REGION - (Effective April 19, 2022; updated June 1, 2022)

Justice Edwards, Regional Senior Justice, Superior Court of Justice, Central East Region, released a notice re the expansion of CaseLines in Central East proceedings on August 12, 2022, effective August 15, 2022:

Notice to the Profession and Parties – Expansion of Caselines Proceedings in Central East Region - Effective August 15, 2022

The notice is posted on all relevant PRACTICE AREA pages on this website. CaseLines videos, documents, and helpline available on CASELINES page of this website.

Here is this week’s Crown and courtroom schedule:

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The annual library inventory & weeding has begun. Please help us by returning the library books you borrowed--some of them were signed out before COVID.

Books are expensive, and keeping them past the 1-week loan deprives others of the benefits of our very comprehensive collection.

If you can't make it to the library you can courier the books back to:

York Region Law Association, 50 Eagle St W, Newmarket ON  L3Y 6B1

Thank you from your library staff, Betty & Janet.

View the dates on the Practice Areas > Civil page of this website.

New documents updating bail court information, protocols and bail courtrooms effective June 27, 2022 have been posted to the Criminal - OCJ page of this website.