Greetings Thunder Bay Legal Community
As the COVID-19 outbreak impacts 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, it is now prudent to bring as much information as possible to the website. TBLA will also endeavour to send out one email per day containing any additional information necessary.
Notices – Thunder Bay Courthouse
- Ontario Courts of Justice – COVID-19 Notices & Updates (May 14, 2020)
- Notice to Counsel and the Public re: Criminal Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (Effective May 11, 2020)
- COVID-19: Scheduling of Family Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (May 7, 2020)
- Notice to the Legal Profession and the Public regarding the process of emailing documents at the Ontario Court of Justice (updated May 14, 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
A daily conference call is taking 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 for the last eight weeks is listed below:
- May 13, 2020 weekly update
- May 6, 2020 weekly update
- April 29, 2020 weekly update
- Issues/Solutions Discussed (as of April 28, 2020)
- April 22, 2020 weekly update
- April 15, 2020 weekly update
- April 8, 2020 weekly update
- April 1, 2020 weekly update
- March 23 – 27 Summary
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
- Rene Larson, TBLA Past President & FOLA rep, at rene.larson@larsonlawyers.com
- Terry-Lynn Miettinen, TBLA President, at tlm@asl-law.com
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 working 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
