Here’s what people are saying about the Civil Rules Review Phase 2 Consultation Report.
This page only includes evaluations (positive or negative) of the proposals, not summaries.
The CRR Working Group has not said whether or not they will make the submissions they receive public.
Please send me yours, and I’d be glad to add it here.
-Noel
Pro-Demnity Insurance Company, Response re: Civil Rules Review Phase 2 Consultation Report. (June 16, 2025)
National Self-Represented Litigants Project, NSLRP Response to Consultation Paper. (June 16, 2025)
The Advocates’ Society, Response Civil Rules Review Working Group Phase 2 Consultation Paper. (June 16, 2025)
Ontario Bar Association, Civil Rules Review Phase 2 Consultation. (June 16, 2025)
Federation of Ontario Law Associations, Response to Civil Rules Review – Phase 2. (June 16, 2025)
Frontenac Law Association, Response to the Phase 2 Consultation Paper of the Civil Rules Review. (June 16, 2025)
Middlesex Law Association, MLA Response to Civil Rules Reform (Phase 2). (June 16, 2025)
Toronto Law Association, Civil Rules Review Working Group – Phase 2 Consultation Paper. (June 16, 2025)
Waterloo Region Law Association, Response to Phase 2 Consultation Report of the Ontario Civil Rules Review. (June 16, 2025)
Thunder Bay Law Association, Civil Rules Review – Thunder Bay Law Association Comment. (June 13, 2025)
Hamilton Law Association, The Hamilton Law Association’s Response to the Civil Rules Review Phase Two Consultation. (June 2025)
Kent Law Association, Civil Rules of Procedure Reform. (June 10, 2025)
Prof. Erik Knutsen, Response to Civil Rules Review Working Group Phase 2 Consultation Paper. (June 16, 2025)
Canadian Defence Lawyers, Response to Phase 2 Consultation Report of the Ontario Civil Rules Review. (June 16, 2025) Accompanied by a letter. The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy submitted its own letter in support of the submissions from the Canadian Defence Lawyers.
Three articles from personal injury lawyer Tom Connolly, focusing on the medical malpractice context and the role of pre-judgment interest:
— “Civil rules reform based on blind data”
Law360 Canada (May 15, 2025, 2:31 PM EDT)
— “Court rules reform proposal downloads red tape on doctors” Law360 Canada (June 5, 2025, 2:05 PM EDT
— “Delay Reduction and Pre-Judgment Interest”
Middlesex Law Association (Ontario). “Rushed Civil Rule Reforms Risk Shutting Ontarians Out of Justice,” May 21, 2025. https://mailchi.mp/middlaw/media-release-rushed-civil-rule-reforms-risk-shutting-ontarians-out-of-justice.
Federation of Ontario Law Associations. “Resolution of the Members,” May 16, 2025. https://www.fola.ca/fola-calls-for-broader-representation-and-data-driven-reform-of-ontarios-civil-litigation-rules/
Oakley, Amani. “Open Letter and Petition Regarding the Proposed New Rules for Civil Procedure in Ontario,” May 2025. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8WX0jxvUelVfuYqTwYYKsRi8mT8DGWQz4I0q15lEYdTRZ3w/viewform.
Lesage, Michael. “Ontario Civil Rules Reform – The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Slaw, April 29th 2025).” Slaw (blog), April 29, 2025. https://www.slaw.ca/2025/04/29/ontario-civil-rules-reform-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/.
Burns, Ian. “Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Concerned about Pace, Recommendations of Civil Rules Review (Law360 Canada),” April 29, 2025. https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/2331899/ontario-trial-lawyers-association-concerned-about-pace-recommendations-of-civil-rules-review.
Sterns, David. “LITIGATORS! Ontario’s proposed civil justice reforms aim to tackle delay and inefficiency—but they risk doing serious damage to access to justice,” (LinkedIn Post, Apr 10, 2025) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7316139384456548353/.
Wynperle, Allen. “Letter to The Honourable Douglas Downey from the Federation of Ontario Law Associations,” April 28, 2025. https://assets.law360news.com/2335000/2335581/20250428-fola-to-ag-re-civil-rules-reform-working-group.pdf.
MacQuarrie, Josiah. “I’ve Been Thinking a Lot about the CRR Phase 2 Proposals and I Just Can’t Get on Board with Most of Them…,” April 24, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/josiah-macquarrie-5242b8b8_ive-been-thinking-a-lot-about-the-crr-phase-activity-7320972941578448898-Nbno?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACHNfIYBVkM0JQEfcjwfb46PnOUjatmLAYQ.
Legate, Barbara. “Post Comparing New Zealand Civil Reform to Ontario, and Discussing Personal Injury Matters (LinkedIn),” April 15, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/barbara-legate-06511a140_the-civil-justice-review-phase-2-recommendations-activity-7317892049888759808-9afc?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAACHNfIYBVkM0JQEfcjwfb46PnOUjatmLAYQ.
Canadian Defence Lawyers. “Civil Rules Review – Phase 2, Letter to the Attorney General Re: Request for Extension – Consultation Deadline (Ontario),” April 15, 2025. https://www.cdlawyers.org/files/04_16_2025%20_%20Letter%20to%20the%20Ontario%20AG%20re%20CRR%20Timeframes.pdf.
Rouben, Allan. “A Critique of Ontario’s Civil Rules Review,” April 7, 2025. https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/2322068/a-critique-of-ontario-s-civil-rules-review-allan-rouben.
Lesage, Michael. “Ontario AG Looks to Circumvent the Rules Committee to Fix the Superior Court.” Slaw (blog), March 22, 2024. https://www.slaw.ca/2024/03/22/ontario-ag-looks-to-circumvent-the-rules-committee-to-fix-the-superior-court/.