Ontario. Court Reform Task Force

• Court Reform Task Force

• Joint Committee on Court Reform (Ont.)

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.

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

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Series RG 4-110

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R. Anger/Charles Levi