Thunder Bay Courthouse (Superior Court)

Overview

Address:

125 Brodie Street North

Thunder Bay, ON P7C 0A3

Telephone: (807) 626-7000

Fax: (807) 343-2704

Email: ThunderBay.SCJ@ontario.ca

Northwest Region – Regional Court Schedules

• Fort Frances
• Kenora
• Thunder Bay

Regional Information

• Northwest Notice to the Profession
• Local Administrative Judges: Justice Fitzpatrick has been assigned the LAJ for civil proceedings in Thunder Bay;

Civil Matters

Please note that once a proceeding is scheduled, the requIRement to file a confirmation is waived until further notice

Urgent Matters

In order to continue to deal with urgent civil matters in a timely fashion, (as described in the March 15, 2020 Notice to the Profession) requests for hearings of urgent matters should be sent via correspondence of fewer than 2 pages to the following email addresses:

Thunder Bay ThunderBay.SCJ@ontario.ca

Kenora Kenora.scj@ontario.ca

Fort Frances FortFrances.SCJ@ontario.ca

Requests for urgent hearings shall set out:

• the relief requested;
• the reason(s) why the matter is urgent;
• a draft order(s);
• confirming that the matter can be dealt with by way of a conference hearing, if approved.

Other motions and Applications

A party may request that a contested motion or application be scheduled. It is not necessary that the matter be “urgent” but the party requesting the hearing must demonstrate that the hearing of the motion will significantly advance the case. The request shall be made via in a brief focused e-mail of no more than two pages attaching the proposed notice of motion.

The request for a hearing of a contested motion shall be sent electronically to the SCJ trial coordination office:

Thunder Bay ThunderBay.SCJ@ontario.ca

Kenora Kenora.scj@ontario.ca

Fort Frances FortFrances.SCJ@ontario.ca

The request must be served on the opposing party and will then be directed to a triage judge assigned by the RSJ.

If leave is given to proceed with the motion, further direction will be given. The motion will proceed by teleconference or video conference or a hybrid process in the discretion of the presiding judge.

Motion materials shall be filed electronically and shall be limited to 20 (20) pages or fewer in length, including facta if ordered; however, parties may include hyperlinks in the motion materials to exhibits, case law, and any other pertinent documents.

If leave is granted, the parties shall send their motion materials to the Court Services Division, subject to the limitations set out above to: