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Newmarket:   Same Day Traversals   There is an effort to accommodate same day traversals requests where same is possible. All such requests must go through the trial coordinator who will then contact Central East Corrections to attempt to facilitate the traversal. The preference remains that the matter be adjourned 1 day where possible.   …

Continue reading “NEWMARKET COURT CLOSURE UPDATE: April 6, 2020”

https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2020/04/new-justices-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-5.html  

Domestic incidents in York Region are on the rise with COVID-19 forcing people to spend more time inside, police say. Nevertheless, you still have to STFH. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-region-crime-statisitics-covid-19-1.5519062  

The Newmarket Courthouse is closed today. The Newmarket Courthouse has been closed today to address cleaning and air quality concerns. The courthouse will remain closed until an enhanced cleaning can be completed. On April 2nd, 2020, the ministry was advised that an individual, who works in the courthouse and last worked on March 31, 2020, …

Continue reading “NEWMARKET COURTHOUSE CLOSURE – April 3, 2020”

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/these-are-the-crimes-that-have-been-on-the-rise-since-the-covid-19-pandemic-1.4877760  

We are directed: “Anyone with an existing fingerprint date at the courthouse is still not required to attend. With respect to new matters fingerprints are being taken at 2 District and not at the courthouse.”

“Courts across the country have reduced their services to hearings on urgent and emergency matters. Nothing’s really normal right now. many fear that the bottleneck being created by pandemic-driven postponements and cancellations will have a cascade effect on an already overburdened system, leaving lawyers and judges with an unworkable quagmire once courthouses themselves return to …

Continue reading “COURTS SHUT DOWN AND TRY TO ADAPT. A TSUNAMI OF CASES IS COMING.”

In Canada, 1,000 inmates in the state of Ontario were released last week and lawyers are working with prosecutors to free many more from provincial jails by accelerating bail hearings, among other steps. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/25/world/americas/25reuters-health-coronavirus-prisoners-released.html  

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