Notices No Longer in Effect

ARCHIVED PROVINCIAL NOTICES

• Binding JDR – Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Kitchener (August 1, 2023)
• Notice to Profession and Parties – Toronto Region (September 4, 2023)
• Notice to the Profession for Northwest Region (April 25, 2022)
• Notice to the Civil and Family Bar Northwest Region (October 25, 2022)
• Consolidated Practice Direction for Civil Actions, Applications, Motions and Procedural Matters in the Toronto Region (Regional)
• Practice Advisory Concerning the Provincial Civil Case Management Pilot – One Judge Model | Superior Court of Justice (ontariocourts.ca)
• Central West Notice to the Profession and Parties (April 8, 2022)
• Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Cornwall
• Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Kitchener (February 1, 2023)
• Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Northeast
• Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants  – Northwest
• Practice Advisory Concerning the Superior Court of Justice’s Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution Pilot Projects (Regional)
  • Additional Family Notice Re: Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution – Central East(May 4, 2022)
  • Additional Family Notice Re: Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution  – Northwest (May 10, 2021)
• Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Barrie  (January 17, 2022)
• Superior Court of Justice Video Conferencing Pilot Project
  The Superior Court of Justice video conferencing pilot project launched July 28, 2015 in eight locations:  Toronto, Ottawa, Belleville, Oshawa, Newmarket, Sudbury, Timmins and Cochrane.
• Notice to the Profession – Divisional Court (April 19, 2022)
• Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (June 17, 2021)
• Consolidated Practice Direction for the Central West Region (Regional)
• Recommended Instructions to Self-represented Accused Before Pre-trial Conferences (November 2014)
• Superior Court of Justice Video Conferencing Pilot Project (July 2015)
• Practice Advisory – Application for Judicial Authorization of Physician Assisted Death (January 2016)
• Practice Advisory – 90 day detention review s. 525 Criminal Code (June 2019)
• Notice to the Profession re Criminal Law Applications (June 2019)
• Notice to the profession – R. v. Chouhan  (January 2020)
• Consolidated Practice Direction Regarding Criminal Proceedings (August 2020)
• Consolidated Divisional Court Practice Direction (May 2019)
• Consolidated Provincial Practice Directions (June 2021)
• Notice to the Profession and Public for Central South ( April 19, 2022)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings (January 19, 2022 update)
• Notice to Profession for Appeals from the Landlord and Tenant Board in the Divisional Court (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, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public (June 25, 2020)
• Notice Re Urgent Matters Emailed to Trial Co-Ordinators (March 24, 2020)
• Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters Including Electronic Filings and Document Sharing (Caselines Pilot)  (January 7, 2021)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings (December 14, 2020 (update) and November 21)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials in Hamilton and Newmarket (November 13, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials and In-Person Operations in Brampton, Milton, Orangeville and Toronto (November 10, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials and In-Person Operations in Brampton, Newmarket, Toronto and Ottawa (November 5, 2020)
• 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)
• Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters – Including Electronic Filings and Document Sharing (Caselines Pilot) (August 5, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons and the Media Regarding the Continued Suspension of in-court matters to July 6, 2020 (May 5, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession, Public, Accused Persons and the Media Regarding the Suspension of Criminal and Civil Jury Trials (April 20, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession for Criminal Matters (April 2, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession for Civil and Family Matters (April 2, 2020)
• Memo to the Profession (March 27, 2020)
• Notice to the Profession – Suspension of Superior Court Civil & Family Operations (March 15, 2020)
• Advisory Notice to Lawyers, Litigants, Witnesses, Jurors, Media, and Members of the Public Regarding COVID-19 (March 13, 2020)
• Consolidated Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons, Public and the Media (October 5, 2021)
• Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters Regarding the Caselines Pilot, E-Filing, and Fee Payment (October 5, 2021)
• Province-wide Notice to the Profession Regarding Family Law Cases (September 13, 2021)
• Divisional Court: May 2020, April 2020, June 2020

SMALL CLAIMS COURT

• Further Adjourning Small Claims Court Matters (January 4, 2021)
• Further Adjourning Small Claims Court Matters (October 30, 2020)
• Further Adjourning Small Claims Court Matters (July 10, 2020)

REGIONAL NOTICES

• Central East:
  • Civil
    • Notice to the Profession and Parties – Protocol for Civil Proceedings (March 1, 2024)
    • Notice to the Profession and Parties – Protocol for Civil Proceedings (January 1, 2024)
    • Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Civil Cases
    • July 2020, May 2020, April 2020
    • Protocol for the Resumption of Civil Proceedings
    • November 2021 Civil Sittings Trial List (August 27, 2021)
    • May 2021 Civil Sittings Trial List (February 10, 2021)
    • Notice to the Profession re Chief Justice Morawetz’s April 20, 2021 Notice (April 22, 2021)
    • Civil Notice (January 4, 2021)
      • May 2022 Civil Sittings Notice (March 23, 2022)
    • Notice to the Profession and Parties – Protocol for Civil Proceedings in Central East Region (June 1, 2022)
  • Criminal
    • Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Criminal
    • June 2020, May 2020, April 2020
    • Criminal Notice (January 4, 2021)
    • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (April 9, 2021)
  • Family
    • Notice To the Profession and Family Law Litigants – Protocol for Family Proceedings(June 1, 2022)
    • Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Family
    • June 2020, June 2020 Family Practice Notification, May 2020, April 2020
    • Family Notice (January 4, 2021)
      • Spring 2021 Family Trial Sittings (February 16, 2021)
• Central South:
  • May 2020, April 2020
  • Notice to the Profession re Chief Justice Morawetz’s April 20, 2021 Notice (April 22, 2021)
  • Central South (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Central South – Family and Child Protection
  • Central South – Matters Heard by Registrars in Bankruptcy (Hamilton)
  • Electronic Filing of Court Documents
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (April 9, 2021)
• Central West
  • Central West (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Notice to the Profession re Chief Justice Morawetz’s April 20, 2021 Notice (April 21, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession and Public – Family Law Proceedings (June 10, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (June 17, 2021)
  • June 2020, May 2020, April 2020
  • Notice to the Profession and Parties – Central West Region (Effective September 1, 2023)
• East
  • East (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Family and Child Protection Matters in the Ottawa Family Court – Consolidated Notice (September 30, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (February 26, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession re Chief Justice Morawetz’s April 20, 2021 Notice (April 21, 2021)
  • At-A-Glance Guide to Virtual Hearings (May 11, 2021)
  • May 2020, April 2020
• Northeast
  • April 2020
  • Northeast (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Notice to the Profession re Adjournment of Proceedings (April 22, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (June 17, 2021)
• Northwest
  • May 2020, April 2020
  • Northwest (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (March 2, 2021)
  • Notice to the Profession re Chief Justice Morawetz’s April 20, 2021 Notice (April 21, 2021)
• Southwest
  • Southwest (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Notice re Matters to be Heard in the Ontario Superior Court – Southwest Region (May 5, 2021)
  • At-A-Glance Guide to Virtual Hearings (May 11, 2021)
  • Filing Court Documents (March 1, 2021)
  • May 2020, April 2020
• Toronto
  • April 2020
  • Toronto (Main COVID-19 notice)
  • Notice to the Profession – Toronto Region – Virtual Civil Trial Scheduling Court – June 21, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Dispute Resolution Officer (DRO) Program Resumption
  • Notice to the Profession Regarding Case Center in Criminal Matters (January 15, 2021)