Notices and Orders – COVID-19

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PROVINCIAL NOTICES

• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding In-Person Operations in Newmarket (October 16, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding In-Person Operations in Toronto, Brampton and Ottawa (October 9, 2020)
• Consolidated Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding the Small Claims Court (October 9, 2020)
• Consolidated Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons, Public and the Media: Effective May 19, 2020 (October 6, 2020)
• Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters Including Electronic Filings and Document Sharing (Caselines Pilot) (September 2, 2020)
• Notice to Profession for Appeals from the Landlord and Tenant Board in the Divisional Court (Effective August 24, 2020)
• Memorandum  – Chief Justice Morawetz to all Associations Re: Caselines (July 29, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession re: Justice Participants Unable to attend In-Court Hearings in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (July 21, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession – Divisional Court (June 29, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public (June 25, 2020)
• Notice Re Urgent Matters Emailed to Trial Co-Ordinators (March 24, 2020)

REGIONAL NOTICES

• Central East
  • Civil
    • Protocol for the Resumption of Civil Proceedings (September 17, 2020)
  • Criminal
  • Family
• Central South
• Central South – Family and Child Protection
• Central West
• East
• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southwest
• Toronto
  • Commercial and Estates List Filing Direction

ORDERS OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE

• Further Adjourning Small Claims Court Matters (July 10, 2020)
• Adjourning Child Protection Matters (May 6, 2020)
• Further Adjourning Criminal Matters (May 5, 2020)
• Order Providing Flexibility in Insolvency Proceedings as a Result of the Economic Impact of COVID-19 (April 27, 2020)
• Suspending Residential Evictions (March 19, 2020 – amended July 6, 2020)
• Adjourning Criminal Matters (March 15, 2020)

OTHER DOCUMENTS

• Best Practices and Etiquette for Remote Hearings
• Information for Self-Represented Litigants regarding Family Court Operations
• Memo to the Profession (March 27, 2020)
• March 20, 2020 Order Made Under Subsection 7.1 (2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

NOTICES NO LONGER IN EFFECT

• Notices that are no longer in effect can be found here.