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The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record [6] for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law , criminal law , and provincial offences.
The Court of Ontario is the formal legal title describing the combination of both Ontario trial courts — the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice. [ 1 ] As a result of amendments to Ontario's Courts of Justice Act that came into effect in 1999, the Court of Ontario is the continuation of the court previously known as the ...
In 2011, Hall was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice. [3] He has been a member of the court's education secretariat since 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was the local administrative judge in Scarborough, Ontario. He held the position of Regional Senior Justice for the Toronto Region from 2017 until his appointment as Associate ...
The Superior Court of Justice (French: Cour supérieure de justice) is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. [1] In 1999, the Superior Court of Justice was renamed from the Ontario Court (General Division).
In 2002, Justice Rawlins received national media attention for attacking a female lawyer's choice of clothing, and adjourning a case for "lack of counsel" because she objected to the lawyer's attire. [ 4 ]
The divisions of the High Court of Justice were abolished. The Appellate Division consisted of two divisional courts which had the same jurisdiction. [57] The names of the Appellate Division and High Court Division were changed to "Court of Appeal for Ontario" (its current name) and "High Court of Justice for Ontario", respectively, in 1931. [62]
Faye E. McWatt is Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario).She was first appointed to the bench in 2000. On December 21, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced her appointment as Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, replacing the Honourable Frank Marrocco.
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Justice Minden earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto, before completing his legal training at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978. Justice Minden was a criminal lawyer for almost twenty years before his appointment to the court.