COVID-19 Updates

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 and Public Regarding Court Proceedings
  • Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public
  • Notice to Profession – Divisional Court
  • Notice Regarding the Suspension of Small Claims Court Operations
  • Northwest Region – Notice to the Profession

• Ontario Courts of Justice – COVID-19 Notices & Updates
  • Notices and info about Criminal Proceedings
  • Notices and Info about Family Matters
  • Notices and info about Provincial Offences
• Court Services – counter service hours (hours amended to 9-11am and 2-4pm)
• Thunder Bay Courthouse access (March 30, 2020)
  • 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
  • Thunder Bay Court Services (Provincial Offences)
  • OCJ Twitter feed
• Superior Court of Justice
  • SCJ Twitter feed
• Ontario Court of Appeal

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 link listed below :

• 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
• George Joseph, TBLA President, at george@petronelaw.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 library@tbla.ca. The library is open, as of February 16, 2021, and Helen is available to provide assistance.

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