Greetings Thunder Bay Legal Community
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact our daily lives, we are receiving numerous important communications via email. Due to the large volume of updates being received and forwarded to the legal community, the links below provide quick access to this same information. TBLA will continue updating this page and sending any additional information received directly to our members.
Notices – Thunder Bay Courthouse
- Superior Court of Justice – all Notices & Orders
- Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public (June 25,2020)
- Consolidated Notice to the Profession, litigants, accused persons, public and the media re: expanded operations… effective May 19, 2020. (May 13, 2020)
- Notice to the Profession – Divisional Court (May 13, 2020)
- Notice Regarding the Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations (June 2, 2020)
- RSJ Warkentin – Notice to the Profession (May 13, 2020)
- Ontario Courts of Justice – COVID-19 Notices & Updates (June 17, 2020)
- Notice to the Profession and the Public re: Resumption of Criminal Trials and Preliminary Hearings as of July 6, 2020 (June 17, 2020)
- COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (June 17, 2020)
- Notice to the Legal Profession and the Public regarding the process of emailing documents at the Ontario Court of Justice (updated June 17, 2020)
- Court Services – counter service hours
- Thunder Bay Courthouse access (March 30, 2020)
- OCJ Notice of Access (March 30, 2020)
Courts
Please refer to the individual court websites and their Twitter feeds for the latest updates on procedural changes:
- Ontario Court of Justice
- Superior Court of Justice
- Ontario Court of Appeal
- Ontario Regulation 73/20 – suspension of limitation periods
Daily Justice Partners Conference Call
Conference calls continue to take place with several justice partners across the province (OCJ, SCJ, and Court of Appeal Courthouse senior staff, OBA, LAO, LSO, MAG, FOLA and the Advocates’ Society). A summary of the discussions can be found on the FOLA website via the links listed below :
- June 24, 2020 weekly update
- previous weekly updates
- Additional info at FOLA`s – COVID-19 & the Practice of Law
FOLA (the Federation of Ontario Law Associations) is our representative on this call. Any issues at all that you would like to bring forward to these calls can be sent to:
- Katie Robinette, FOLA’s Executive Director, at katie.robinette@fola.ca
- Terry-Lynn Miettinen, TBLA Past President & FOLA rep, at tlm@asl-law.com
- Claudia Belda, TBLA President, at cbelda@johnslaw.ca
Law Society of Ontario Updates
The LSO is providing guidance to all lawyers and paralegals in the province. Please visit their website for updates related to COVID-19.
TBLA Library
For library research assistance, please email tbla@tbaytel.net. Helen is currently working primarily from home with access to legal research databases and can respond to your requests. Questions concerning association meetings/events will be answered as well.
Additional Links
- Advocate’s Society of Ontario
- City of Thunder Bay
- Criminal Lawyers Association
- Federation of Law Associations (FOLA)
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- Ontario Government – COVID-19 updates
