""pushed us rather quickly into the 21st century instead.""
""It is hard for me to believe that we are around the corner from this transformation,""
""Ontario is now one of the largest jurisdictions to pursue digitizing an entire justice system. It will fundamentally transform the way that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario court of justice, staff, the bar and litigants operate.""
Geoffrey Morawetz, chief justice of the Ontario Superior Court, will retire on May 15 after roughly seven years as chief justice and 21 years as a judge. He led efforts to replace the court's outdated paper-based system with a digital platform. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to online hearings and electronic filings. The first phase of a new online portal launched in Toronto for civil and family matters, with criminal cases to follow next year and a provincial rollout planned by 2030. Morawetz sought an off-the-shelf end-to-end digital platform in 2020 and initiated reforms to the civil rules, including a 2024 review that submitted final recommendations.
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