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Zoom Is Here To Stay: Virtual Discoveries As The New Normal

Jacob Kaufman • February 9, 2022 • 0 Comments

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I blogged about Justice Myers’ decision in Arconti v. Smith where his Honour decided that an examination should proceed virtually. As his Honour pithily noted, we no longer record evidence with a quill and ink; technology changes and our legal practices must change with it. If there was a doubt as to whether Arconti was only applicable during the pandemic, Justice Myers….

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COVID-19: Moving Past Quill and Ink to Use New Technology

Jacob Kaufman • May 13, 2020 • 0 Comments

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there is a risk that some litigation may stall. There are many skeptics to technological workarounds to conduct matters remotely. However, the perfect cannot be the enemy of the good and we cannot simply pause litigation until the pandemic is over. In Arconti v. Smith, 2020 ONSC 2782, Justice Myers ordered that an upcoming examination in a proceeding must be conducted by videconference (if the….

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

Jacob Kaufman • March 25, 2020 • 0 Comments

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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