09/08/2022
Courts to reopen soon
On March 13, 2020, all regular activities of the judicial system were put on pause in Québec, including the Superior Court of Québec and the Court of Québec. This decision, taken in the context of the health emergency, was necessary in order to facilitate compliance with the guidelines to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, thousands of planned trials did not take place and had to be postponed. Since then, courtrooms have been set up to comply with the public health guidelines.
The Quebec Bar has just informed its members that the courts should gradually return to a more intense level of activity, at the beginning of June 2020. Since the middle of March, only urgent cases have been heard, in virtual hearings, but little by little, more cases will be heard, either in virtual hearings or in person, but in accordance with mandatory distancing rules....