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COVID-19 update: Limitation Periods Suspended and Working from Home

As I noted in my previous blog on COVID-19, the civil courts (including the estates list) have suspended regular operations. Now that government has made an order under sections 7.01 and 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to suspend limitation periods and other statutory deadlines as at March 16, 2020. Under the order, any limitation period statute, regulation, rule, by-law or government order is suspended for the….

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COVID-19, the Courts and the One Judge Pilot Project

We must all do our part to help fight the spread of COVID-19, including frequent hand washing and social distancing. As of this Tuesday, the Ontario civil courts (including the estates list) are doing their part by suspending regular operations. In the interim, the court will be hearing urgent and time-sensitive motions and applications where “immediate and significant financial repercussions may result if there is no judicial hearing.” A hearing….

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