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COVID-19 Update – Court of Appeal
March 17, 2020The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan is actively monitoring the advice being provided by public health experts with respect to COVID-19. It is working with the Court Services Division of the Ministry of Justice in order to maintain the operations of the Court to the extent reasonably possible during the course of the pandemic.
The Court very much understands that it provides essential dispute resolution services and that it does work necessary to protect liberty and safeguard the public. At the same time, the Court is also alert to the need to protect the health and safety of court and security staff and of all those people who are involved in its proceedings or who come to observe those proceedings. It will be taking all of this into very careful account as the Covid-19 situation continues to unfold.
At this time, there are no plans to cancel or reschedule Court of Appeal proceedings. However, all lawyers and self-represented individuals slated to appear in matters before the Court are being notified that they may make their submissions by way of telephone rather than in person. The Court is in the process of putting in place a system that will allow all of those involved in a matter to appear by way of audio-video link.
The Court will continue to evaluate the COVID-19 situation as it evolves and will make adjustments to its operations as necessary.
Chief Justice Robert G. Richards
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