Sitting schedule :: Courts of the Northwest Territories

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issued a Directive dealing with disruption to mail service at Canada Post on November 15, 2024, click <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/uploads/2024/11/Territorial-Court-Directive-mail-disruption-15-Nov-2024.pdf">here</a> for details.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <article> <header> <h1>Sitting schedule</h1> </header> <p>This page provides information about planned court sittings in the Northwest Territories. The <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/matters/">court dockets</a> provide detailed information about matters to be heard during specific sittings.</p> <ul class="gn-linklist"> <li class="gn-linklist-item"> <div> <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/2024/11/supreme-court-scheduling-notice/"> Supreme Court scheduling notice </a> </div> <div> <small> November 1, 2024 </small> </div> </li> </ul> <h2 id="s:court-of-appeal-scheduling">Court of Appeal scheduling</h2> <p>Regular sittings of the Court of Appeal are held in Yellowknife four times per year. List scheduling is held four times per year to speak to the <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/docket-pdfs/">Court of Appeal pending list of outstanding appeals</a>.</p> <h2 id="s:supreme-court-scheduling">Supreme Court scheduling</h2> <p><em>Regular chambers</em> sittings of the Supreme Court are held in Yellowknife as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Criminal chambers on Mondays at 10:00 AM in courtroom 101</li> <li>Family chambers on Thursdays at 10:00 AM in courtroom 301</li> <li>Protection Against Family Violence chambers on Thursdays as required at 2:00 PM in courtroom 301</li> <li>Civil chambers on Fridays at 10:00 AM in courtroom 301</li> </ul> <p>Matters may be scheduled to regular chambers dates without prior approval of the court (i.e. returnable date on originating documents) but are limited to 30 minutes. For matters that are expected to take more than 30 minutes a special chambers date must be sought from the Office of the Clerk.</p> <p>Criminal list scheduling is held four times per year to establish the <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/docket-pdfs/">Supreme Court criminal pending list</a>.</p> <h2 id="s:territorial-court-scheduling">Territorial Court scheduling</h2> <p>Community sittings for the Territorial Court are set at least 6 months in advance. A scheduled sitting in a community may be cancelled and/or rescheduled with short notice. Please contact your local Court Registry office to confirm the sitting.</p> <div class="gn-filebrowse"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-folder" gn-filebrowse-folder-path="/"> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" title="Title"> Territorial Court Sittings </a> <ul class="gn-filebrowse-folder-content"> <li class="gn-filebrowse-file"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-file-icon"><i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></i></div> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/files/schedule/sittings/tc/Territorial%20Court%20Scheduled%20Sittings%20%28Current%20Year%29.pdf" title="Title"> Territorial Court Scheduled Sittings (Current Year).pdf </a> <div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta"><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="Modified Date" data-attribute-name="date">September 25, 2024</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="application/pdf" data-attribute-name="fileext">PDF</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="File Size" data-attribute-name="filesize">342.54 KB</div></div> </li> <li class="gn-filebrowse-file"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-file-icon"><i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></i></div> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/files/schedule/sittings/tc/Territorial%20Court%20Scheduled%20Sittings%20%28Upcoming%20Year%29.pdf" title="Title"> Territorial Court Scheduled Sittings (Upcoming Year).pdf </a> <div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta"><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="Modified Date" data-attribute-name="date">October 17, 2024</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="application/pdf" data-attribute-name="fileext">PDF</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="File Size" data-attribute-name="filesize">274.18 KB</div></div> </li> </ul> </div>  </div> <p>Accessing the schedules <a href="/en/files/restricted/schedule/sittings/tc/judges/">for judges</a> and <a href="/en/files/restricted/schedule/sittings/tc/managers/">managers</a> requires a password.</p> <h2 id="s:justice-of-the-peace-court-scheduling">Justice of the Peace Court scheduling</h2> <p>Community sittings for the Justice of the Peace Court are set 6 months in advance. A scheduled sitting in a community may be cancelled and/or rescheduled with short notice. Please contact your local Court Registry office or RCMP detachment to confirm the sitting, or to add a docket to the schedule.</p> <div class="gn-filebrowse"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-folder" gn-filebrowse-folder-path="/"> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" title="Title"> Justice of the Peace Court Sittings </a> <ul class="gn-filebrowse-folder-content"> <li class="gn-filebrowse-file"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-file-icon"><i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></i></div> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/files/schedule/sittings/jp/2024%20Justice%20of%20the%20Peace%20Court%20Scheduled%20Sittings.pdf" title="Title"> 2024 Justice of the Peace Court Scheduled Sittings.pdf </a> <div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta"><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="Modified Date" data-attribute-name="date">July 24, 2024</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="application/pdf" data-attribute-name="fileext">PDF</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="File Size" data-attribute-name="filesize">210.64 KB</div></div> </li> <li class="gn-filebrowse-file"> <div class="gn-filebrowse-file-icon"><i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></i></div> <a class="gn-filebrowse-node-label" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/files/schedule/sittings/jp/2025%20Justice%20of%20the%20Peace%20Court%20Scheduled%20Sittings.pdf" title="Title"> 2025 Justice of the Peace Court Scheduled Sittings.pdf </a> <div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta"><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="Modified Date" data-attribute-name="date">September 3, 2024</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="application/pdf" data-attribute-name="fileext">PDF</div><div class="gn-filebrowse-node-meta-element" title="File Size" data-attribute-name="filesize">212.15 KB</div></div> </li> </ul> </div>  </div> </article> </div> <div class="gn-media-neq-print" gn-columnar-col="span:1/3"> <div class="gn-box "> <h2 class="gn-box-title">Related Pages</h2> <ul class="gn-linklist"> <li class="gn-linklist-item"> <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/docket-pdfs/">Docket PDFs</a> </li> <li class="gn-linklist-item"> <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/matters/">Scheduled matters</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class=""> <div class="gn-featurebox" gn-normalize-height="condition:vp-gte-narrow"> <div class="gn-featurebox-image" style="background-image:url('https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/uploads/2016/01/courthouse.jpg');"></div> <div class="gn-featurebox-title"> <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/matters/">Scheduled matters</a> </div> <div class="gn-featurebox-summary"> The list of matters set before the Courts of the Northwest Territories by location and date. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <footer id="gn-footer"> <div class="gn-viewport-container"> <nav class="gn-footer-links"> <ul id="menu-main-1" class="menu"><li><a href="/en/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/">Courts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/schedule/">Schedule</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/themes/wp-gnwt-cue/res/lib/jquery/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/themes/wp-gnwt-cue/res/lib/gnwt-cue/gnwt-cue.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gnwtcue.call(this, { namespace: 'gn-' }); </script>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _paq = _paq || []; _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="https:\/\/www.nwtcourts.ca\/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', 2]); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script> <noscript><p><img src="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/piwik.php?idsite=2" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript> </body> </html>

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