Up-to-date Sector Information

LAWPRO: Base Insurance Premium Rate Remains Unchanged

  • September 27, 2024

The base insurance premium rate for 2025 will remain unchanged from 2024, at $3,250. All other discounts and charges also remain unchanged. Read the LAWPRO Report to Convocation regarding the 2025 Insurance Program Proposal here.

LSO: 2024 Honorary LLD Recipients

  • September 27, 2024

The LSO has granted honorary degrees in recognition of outstanding achievements in service and benefits to the legal profession, the rule of law and the cause of justice.

LSO: Lisa Bildy fills bencher vacancy

  • September 27, 2024

Lisa Bildy fills the vacancy created from the appointment of Jasminka Kalajdzic to the Superior Court of Justice. This election fills the vacancy in the number of benchers outside the City of Toronto.

Opening of the Courts of Ontario Ceremony 2024

  • September 04, 2024

The Opening of the Courts of Ontario ceremony will be held on Monday, September 23, 2024, at 3:30pm. The Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal, Superior Court of Justice, and Ontario Court of Justice will all be making remarks.

Toronto Region Bail Centre In-Custody Phone Line

  • March 22, 2024

The Ministry of the Attorney General, Court Services Division, has advised that an in-custody phone line has been installed to be used by defence counsel when they urgently need to speak to their client at the TRBC to support a bail hearing.

Notice to Justice Participants – November 2023

  • December 01, 2023

The Ministry of the Attorney General asked the Ontario Bar Association to share this Notice to Justice Participants with its membership. The Ministry has identified and addressed an issue affecting the recent appointment of eleven judges of the Ontario Court of Justice.

Ontario Business Registry Partner Portal Beta Release

  • July 13, 2023

The Ontario Business Registry (OBR) Partner Portal is a convenient, digital service that offers businesses more choices to conduct over 90 transactions with the OBR. It allows intermediaries to conduct transactions on behalf of their business clients and is one of several existing service channels that can be used to interact with the OBR system. Over the past year, the Partner Portal has been continuously improved based on consultation with stakeholders to incorporate desired system features.