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Ontario Superior Court of Justice Trials

Toronto Trial Sittings Project a Huge Success

Despite a massive caseload, the Toronto Region of the Superior Court ran a hugely successful trial sittings this fall for personal injury trials. Historically, personal injury start dates were scattered throughout the fall and spring months, with jury panels being rounded up multiple times throughout those months. For fall 2017, Toronto scheduled roughly 150 personal […]

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An Overview of the Juries Act

Fall civil trial sittings are about to get underway in several jurisdictions across Ontario.  This is a time of year when the Juries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. J.3 comes into play. The key section of interest to lawyers is section 20, which says that a lawyer can get a copy of the jury panel list 10 […]

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Personal Injury Trials and Witnesses

Who the witnesses will be is surprisingly one of the most often overlooked issues until late in the course of litigation, usually when a pre-trial conference memorandum requires a list of witnesses. Lawyers should start working on their list of witnesses the day they open the file, just as an affidavit of documents is contemplated […]