Ontario. Court Reform Task Force

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Court Reform Task Force

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Court Reform Task Force

    Other form(s) of name

    • Joint Committee on Court Reform (Ont.)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1988-1996

    History

    The Court Reform Task Force was formed in response to Mr. Justice Zuber's 1987 report recommending the creation of a simpler, more efficient and accessible court system for Ontario residents. The Task Force held public consultations concerning the Zuber Report's recommendations and on various proposals in response to the report. In July of 1989, the Court Reform Implementation Advisory Committee was established to provide recommendations on implementing court reform in the Province. Actual implementation began in September of 1990. The primary reforms included the merging of the District Court, High Court, Surrogate Court and Small Claims Courts to form the Ontario Court (General Division), and the merging of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) and the Provincial Court (Family Division) to form the Ontario Court (Provincial Division). With reforms implemented, the Task Force was disbanded in 1991.

    After the Task Force was formally disbanded, members of the Attorney General's staff involved continued to participate in the Joint Committee on Court Reform, a collaboration between the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, the Advocates Society and the Law Society of Upper Canada. This Joint Committee continued to implement reforms to the case management system and to rules and practices of Ontario courts until early 1996, when it ceased operations.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Court Reform Task Force was responsible for developing and implementing reforms to the court system in the Province of Ontario.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA72

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Court Reform Task Force

    Dates of relationship

    1989-1996

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA242

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1989-1991

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Series RG 4-110

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger/Charles Levi