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NOTICES
Northwest Territories Courts
Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories
NOTICE
This is an advisory/reminder of upcoming changes to the
2011/2012 Supreme Court regular Family, Civil, PAFVA/
confirmation hearings and Criminal chambers as follows:
October 10 Criminal Chambers will be held on Tuesday, October
11, in Courtroom 5.
October 17 and 24 Criminal Chambers are cancelled.
November 11 Civil Chambers is cancelled.
The registry office will be closed from December 22 to January 2.
There will be no regular Criminal, Family, Civil or PAFVA/
confirmation hearings held during that time period.
January 2, 2012 Criminal Chambers is cancelled.
If anyone has an emergency application on any of those
dates please contact the Court Registry.
The Clerk of the Court will send a separate notice advising
of emergency contact numbers for emergency applications
that may be required during the shutdown in December.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE LIST OF CASES PENDING AND THE
GENERAL APPEAL LIST WILL BE CALLED BY A JUDGE IN CHAMBERS ON
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 15:00 hrs
at Yellowknife NT
IN COURTROOM #1
for the Court of Appeal Assize commencing
January 17, 2012
COUNSEL ARE REMINDED OF THE FOLLOWING NEW FILING
DEADLINES FOR APPEALS FILED AFTER MARCH 1, 2006:
CIVIL APPEALS and CRIMINAL APPEALS
a) Appeal books must be filed not later than 12 weeks from the date on
which the notice of appeal was filed.
b) Appellant’s Factums must be filed within 60 days of filing of the appeal
book or within 7 months of the notice of appeal whichever date is
earliest.
c) Respondent’s factum must be filed within 30 days of being served the
appellant’s factum.
The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
d) Only those appeals that have been perfected as at November 25, 2011
will be set for hearing at the January 17, 2012 assize.
SCHEDULING NOTICE
TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE NEXT SUPREME COURT
GENERAL CRIMINAL LIST WILL BE CALLED ON:
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 14:00 hrs
NOTE:
AT YELLOWKNIFE NT
IN COURTROOM #1
1. All Counsel (Crown & Defence) with pending matters are to attend the
Calling of the List, either personally or by agent.
2. For those pending matters in which the Accused person has elected trial
by Judge and Jury, counsel (both Crown & Defence) are to advise the
presiding Judge at the time of, or prior to, the Calling of the List whether
the matter will indeed be proceeding as a contested Jury Trial and, if so,
the estimated duration of the Jury Trial.
3. For those with Summary Conviction Appeals, please be reminded of
Rule 117 of the Criminal Rules of the NWT.
Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories
NOTICE
The Court of Appeal sitting dates to be held in Yellowknife for
2012 have been set as follows:
Tuesday, January 17
Tuesday, April 17
Tuesday, June 19
Tuesday, October 16
Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories
Please be advised that the October 26th update of the 2011
Territorial Court schedule has been posted on the Courts website:
http://www.nwtcourts.ca/Schedule/TCs.htm