https://www.680news.com/2020/07/06/ontario-courts-resume-coronavirus/
https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-reopening-courtrooms#section-1
FEDERAL GUIDANCE IN THE RESUMPTION OF JURY TRIALS
I have yet to understand how there can be ANY social distancing in returning to crowded open to the public courthouses and courtrooms, especially those locations where ventilation (HVAC) risk assessment experts did not actually physically access the buildings because of COVID-19. Hope that you don’t get called for jury duty.
https://www.ccohs.ca/images/products/pandemiccovid19/pdf/courts-jury-selection.pdf
COURT UPDATE July 2, 2020 – As the courts are preparing to re-open in a limited manner on July 6th, all other court appearances up to July 31st will be automatically adjourned without a personal appearance.
COVID-19: Reopening courtrooms – As courts are going to try re-opening to the public next week if you MUST attend in person here is what you can expect.
THE CONDITION OF PROVINCIAL JAILS
“Ontario’s ombudsman said Tuesday that conditions in some of the province’s correctional facilities have left him “shaken,” and contributed to a record of over 6,000 complaints from inmates last year. “It’s heart-wrenching to see the conditions in which those inmates are living,” Dube said. “I was shaken when I left that visit to the Thunder Bay jail.” “Dangerous overcrowding, excessive use of solitary confinement, and lack of life-saving mental health and addiction supports are just a few of the major issues that inmates and staff face every day,”
Ontario Crown attorneys seek to delay return to court over COVID-19 fears – So we will still have to wait to see if the criminal courts are going to open on July 6th.
TO THE YOUNG IMPATIENT LAWYERS – Barristers’ Act section 3(4)
Precedence of other members of the bar
(4) The remaining members of the bar, as among themselves, have precedence in the courts in the order of their call to the bar. R.S.O. 1990, c. B.3, s. 3 (4).
I’ve spent most of my career sitting on the bench waiting for my case to be called. I’ve learned a lot sitting on that bench.
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90b03