COVID-19 NCLA Operation Updates
Updated 10 February 2021 @ 8:54am
Note: NCLA staff will be updating this list on an on-going basis but may not always be available to catch updates as they are breaking. Always consult the website of the court in question for the most up-to-date information
Courthouse Online Screen Tool
11 September 2020: Cobourg Court Services
Please be advised that Cobourg Courthouse will officially re-open to the public on Monday, September 14, 2020. In alignment with this, all staff and stakeholders/public attending our building must complete health screening. The Cobourg Police will be ensuring screening is completed at the front entrance prior to people being admitted.
In addition to this and effective on Monday, the Cobourg Police have indicated our building will move to a one point of entry and exit. What this means to all users of the building (with the exception of the Judiciary), is that staff and all stakeholders will be required to attend at the front of the building and go through the front entrance both when they arrive and leave this building at any point during the day. No other exit doors can be used to enter or exit. This is an addition to the security of our building, and is being put in place to ensure further safety and protection for all.
In addition to this, the magnometers are installed at the front entrance and the police will be using these for members of the public once they have formally been screened and allowed entry to the building.
Central East Region Notices
Notice to Profession Criminal for Central East Region (June 26, 2020)
Central East - Notice to the Profession - 6 May 2020
Administrative Variations of Undertaking or Release Order - 6 May 2020
Consent Undertaking/Release Order Variation Process - Northumberland County - 6 May 2020
Ontario Court of Justice Notice - Northumberland - 6 May 2020
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Resources
Weekly Justice Partners Meeting
Including OCJ, SCJ, Court of Appeal, Courthouse senior staff, OBA, LAO, LSO, FOLA and the Advocates' Society
Federal Court of Canada
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(June 25) Practice Direction and Order (COVID-19): Update #5
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(June 11) Practice Direction and Order (COVID-19): Update #4
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(April 29) Practice Direction and Order (COVID-19): Update #2
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Practice Direction and Order from the Federal Court in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Federal Court of Appeal of Canada
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(July 17) COVID-19 : Recommended Preventative Measures For Resuming In-person Court Operations
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(May 12) Further extension of the COVID-19 Suspension Period and Remote Commissioning of Affidavits
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(April 15) Update on the Management of Court Files During the COVID-19 Suspension Period
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(April 2) Extension of Suspension Period and Additional Measures Taken
Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA)
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e-Hearings Taskforce (with Advocates' Society, OBA, & OTLA)
Law Society of Ontario
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Emergency family law referral telephone line
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An interim measure, with support from the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice, to provide assistance to people who are self-represented (SRLs) and who are trying to determine whether or not their family court matter meets the criteria to be heard by the Court on an “urgent” basis and, if so, how to proceed in making their request.
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Legal Aid Ontario
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Letter from David Field, President & CEO of LAO - March 26, 2020
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Changes to summary legal advice services at Legal Aid Ontario due to COVID-19 pandemic
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Regional Contact List (as of March 23)
Legislation
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O. Reg. 458/20 - Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act - Extensions of Orders
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O. Reg. 457/20 - Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act - Revoking O. Reg. 73/20
Ministry of the Attorney General
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(August 20) Letter re: Suspended limitation and procedural time periods
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(August 5) RE: Expansion of Justice Services Online on August 5
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(August 5) Letter re: Notaries Act and the Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act
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(July 6) Notice to the Legal Profession and the Public Regarding the Use of Online Claims Services
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(June 8, 2020) Province Extends the Suspension of Limitation Periods and Time Periods for Legal Proceedings until September
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(May 7, 2020) Ontario Small Claims Court Counter Service Suspension
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(March 23, 2020) Notice to the Legal Profession re: Civil Claims Online service
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(March 23, 2020) Letter to the Profession re: expansion of the Civil Claims Online service
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Ontario Protecting Critical Front-Line Justice Services in Response to COVID-19
Ontario Court of Appeal
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(January 25) Practice direction concerning public and media remote observation of oral hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic
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(December 16) Practice direction regarding the electronic conduct of matters during the Covid-19 pandemic
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(November 16) Notice Regarding the Scheduling of In-Person and Remote Appeals
Ontario Court of Justice
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January 14: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
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(December 23) Notice to Counsel/Paralegals and the Public Re: Provincial Offences Act Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
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(September 2) Waiver - Ontario Court of Justice First Appearance Court Before A Clerk (.docx file)
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(September 2) Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
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(August 24) Guidelines re: Remote Hearings in the Ontario Court of Justice
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(August 24) Zoom User Guide for Remote Hearings in the Ontario Court of Justice
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(August 10) COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
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COVID-19 Pandemic – Criminal Case Adjournment Dates – Out-of-Custody Accused (July 2, 2020)
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COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (July 2, 2020) Addition
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Resuming s. 5.1(8) Guilty Pleas by Remote Appearance (June 17, 2020)
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COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (June 17, 2020)
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COVID-19 Pandemic – Criminal Case Adjournment Dates – Out-of-Custody Accused - (May 9, 2020)
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COVID-19 Pandemic – Scheduling of Criminal Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (May 9, 2020)
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COVID-19: Ontario Court of Justice Protocol Re Bail Hearings (May 9, 2020)
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COVID-19 Pandemic Planning for the Scheduling of Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
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COVID-19 Pandemic Planning for the Scheduling of Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
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(January 26) Consolidated Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding the Small Claims Court
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(January 13) Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings – January 13 Update
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(January 4) Continued suspension of Small Claims Court operations due to COVID-19
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(December 22) Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings – December 22 Update
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(December 14) Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings - December 14 Update
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(November 30) Consolidated Notice to the Profession and the Public Regarding the Small Claims Court
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(November 21) Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Court Proceedings
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(November 6) Memorandum re: Resumption of Criminal Jury Trials
(November 5) Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding Jury Trials and In-Person Operations in Brampton, Newmarket, Toronto and Ottawa -
(October 28) Consolidated Notice to the Profession and the Public Regarding the Small Claims Court
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(August 26) Notice Regarding the Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations
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(August 10) Notice Regarding the Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations
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(July 16) Procedure for scheduling a family case conference and motion
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(July 10) Continued suspension of Small Claims Court operations due to COVID-19
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(July 3) Continued Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations Due to COVID-19
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(June 25) Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public
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(May 13) Consolidated Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons, Public and the Media
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(May 4) Ontario Small Claims Court Counter Service Suspension
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(April 21) Notice to the Profession, Public, Accused Persons and the Media Regarding the Suspension of Criminal and Civil Jury Trials
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(April 2) Message to the Profession on Behalf of the Superior Court of Justice
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Notice to the Profession from Regional Senior Justice Macleod - March 20, 2020
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Suspension of Superior Court of Justice Regular Operations - Criminal Operations
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Suspension of Superior Court of Justice Regular Operations - Civil and Family Proceedings
Ontario Bar Association
Supreme Court of Canada