Joliette

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En cas d’urgence, un juge de garde est disponible en tout temps, en dehors des heures normales d'ouverture des tribunaux.

Pour le joindre, il faut contacter le Service de sécurité du Palais de justice de Montréal, au 514 393-2819 qui à son tour, communiquera avec le greffier de garde. Celui-ci communiquera directement avec la personne qui requiert l'intervention du juge de garde.

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Directives du district de Joliette en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2023

Annexe Joliette 1 - Liste des salles Teams

Annexe Joliette 2 - Déclaration commune pour fixation d'une audience (matière civile)

Annexe Joliette 3 - Grille de vérification pour fixation de date en matière familiale

Also refer to the Montreal Division's directives, applicable in all districts:

Montreal's division Directives and Shedules starting January 1st, 2023

To view the communiqués applicable to all the districts, please see the Montreal's Division Communiqués.

Forms applicable in this district are:

- In the schedule of the « Directives and Schedules for Joliette's District - January 1st, 2023 », listed above;

- In the schedule of the Directives and Schedules for Montreal's Division, here;

- Under the Â« Forms Â» section of the Montreal Division.

SUMMER VACATION

During July and August, the Superior Court will sit as follows:

Motions of more than three hours are referred to the judge for the fixing of a date.

Motions of less than three hours are presented to the special clerk in courtroom 2.00.

* Always check the Superior Court roll to validate the date of a hearing.

1) Hearing by preference 

Toute demande pour audition par préférence d'un dossier est présentable devant le juge en chef ou un juge que ce dernier désigne. Pour ce faire, on doit communiquer avec le maître des rôles, qui indique les dates disponibles pour présenter une telle demande. L'original et la copie de la Cour de cette demande doivent, par la suite, être produits au greffe de la Cour en indiquant, comme date de présentation, une des dates mentionnées par le maître des rôles.

2) Transfer of case (Art. 48 C.p.c) 

La demande doit être notifiée à la partie adverse avec un avis de présentation qui mentionne « Ã  une date qu’il plaira au juge en chef de fixer Â». La demande et la preuve de signification doivent être déposées au dossier de la Cour et une copie doit être transmise par courriel à l’adresse jugeenchef-cs@judex.qc.ca ou par télécopieur au 514 873-5959. Le bureau du juge en chef vous indiquera de quelle façon votre demande sera entendue.

3) Vexatious or quarrelsome litigant 

Lorsqu'un jugement rendu par un juge de la Cour supérieure déclare une personne « plaideur vexatoire ou quérulent Â», il est nécessaire d’obtenir l’autorisation du juge en chef ou d’un juge qu’il désigne avant de déposer une procédure.

Voici la marche à suivre :

1. Préparer une demande d’autorisation de déposer une procédure soutenue par une déclaration sous serment;
2. Cette demande d’autorisation doit être accompagnée d’une copie de la procédure pour laquelle l’autorisation est demandée ainsi que, le cas échéant, les pièces à son soutien;
3. Le tout doit être acheminé au bureau du juge en chef par courrier Ã  l’adresse suivante : Juge en chef de la Cour supérieure, Palais de Justice, 1, rue Notre-Dame Est, Montréal (Québec) H2Y 1B6.

Il est suggéré de joindre la copie du jugement déclarant la personne « plaideur vexatoire ou quérulent Â».

Si l’autorisation est accordée, l’original de l’autorisation sera transmis par lettre puisque cette autorisation devra être jointe à la procédure autorisée. Il est donc important d’indiquer une adresse postale.

SUMMER VACATION

During July and August, the Superior Court will sit as follows:

Motions of more than three hours are referred to the judge for the fixing of a date.

Motions of less than three hours are presented to the special clerk in courtroom 2.00.

* Always check the Superior Court roll to validate the date of a hearing.

Every case in a commercial matter must be referred to the coordinating judge, who establishes how it will be dealt with.

For the General Directives Governing the Commercial Division, see the Directives du district de Montréal en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2023 (English version coming soon).

The provisional roll is called on the first Thursday of each month in courtroom 2.08 at 2 p.m.

Appeal in statutory and criminal matters

The Criminal and Penal Practice Division sits on fixed dates, determined each year by the coordinating judge for the Criminal Division.

Once an appeal has been filed and found to be in conformity with the Rules of Practice of the Court in Criminal and Penal Matters, the clerk places the case on the roll of the practice chamber for the district. Once the file is complete (in other words, once the stenographic notes have been completed and a time has been set for submitting the notes and the list of case law and doctrine), the judge fixes a date for the hearing in the presence of the attorneys.

When filing a notice of appeal, you must take the necessary steps to have a transcript made of the evidence given in first instance. If, in exceptional circumstances, you wish to be exempted from filing a transcript, you must submit an application for that purpose to the judge.

As soon as the transcript has been filed, the attorneys must comply with sections 11 and 12 of the Rules of Practice of the Québec Superior Court in Penal Matters or section 34 of the Rules of Practice of the Superior Court of the Province of Québec. The appellant must, within 30 days, file a written submission setting out the arguments on which the appellant’s case will rely, together with any supporting case law or jurisprudence. The respondent party then has 30 days to do the same.

Once the time limits have expired, the case is placed on the roll for a hearing.

All urgent applications must be presented to the coordinating judge to be dealt with by preference.

EXTRAORDINARY REMEDY, REVIEW OF AN ORDER AND APPLICATION FOR EXTRADITION

Motions must be filed at the clerk’s office of the Superior Court, and a copy must be forwarded to the office of the coordinating judge so that a date can be fixed for a hearing.

For writs of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition and quo warranto, the applicant must take the necessary steps to have a transcript made of the evidence supporting the recourse sought.

For a writ of habeas corpus, the motion must be filed in the clerk’s office, and the coordinating judge must be informed of the proceeding. In all cases, a hearing date will be fixed without delay to hear the first stage.

Applications for the review, by a judge of the Superior Court, of an order of detention, order of release or application for release (s. 522 C.C.) must be submitted at the clerk’s office of the Superior Court, and must comply with the provisions of the Rules of Practice of the Superior Court (ss. 20 and 21 ).

When an application for extradition is contested, the coordinating judge must be informed and the parties must indicate the estimated duration of the proceedings so that a date can be set for the hearing.

As soon as an application for authorization to institute a class action has been filed at the clerk’s office, the  coordinating judge for class actions must be notified of the application.

For the specific directives of the Class Actions Division, see the Directives de la division de Montréal et leurs annexes - 1er janvier 2023 (English version coming soon).

Register of class actions

Once an attestation that the file is complete has been issued:

• For cases of more than three days, the case is placed on the provisional roll before the coordinating judge for the setting of a date or the holding of a pre-trial conference, as applicable.
• For cases of less than three days, the master of the rolls forwards the dates by fax and the attorneys respond in a joint request for the fixing of a hearing date.
• In cases of less than three days, if an agreement on a date cannot be reached, the master of the rolls places the case on the provisional roll.
• If a case is problematic or incomplete, and has been placed on the roll of cases proceeding on their merits, it will be referred to the provisional roll.

1) Judge acting in chambers

Contact the master of the rolls to make an appointment if a judge is available. If no judge is available, attorneys are referred to Montréal.

2) Duty judge

Contact the master of the rolls to check if a judge is available. If no judge is available, the case is referred to Montréal, after a proceeding has been issued in Joliette.

1) Application for postponement made on the day of the hearing

Before the judge sitting in courtroom 2.08.

2) Contested application for postponement made prior to the day of the hearing

Application presented in courtroom 2.00, on Thursdays.

3) Non-contested application for postponement made prior to the day of the hearing

Application presented in courtroom 2.00, on Thursdays.

Every application for a pre-trial conference for a case that is ready to be heard must be made at the calling of the provisional roll.

The use of technological assistance during hearings at the Joliette courthouse is possible. 

Regarding the telephone conference call and videolink, please refer yourselves to the Directives du district de Montréal en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2023 (French only).