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Effective April 19, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court issued a new Practice Direction establishing in-person as the presumptive mode of proceeding for common litigation events, including mediations. Now some three months later, what has been the fall-out from that new Practice Direction?

Now that Omicron appears to be waning, vaccine levels are high and expanded treatment options are becoming available, governments at every level appear eager to accelerate the lifting of restrictions. What will that mean for mediation going forward?

The Province of Ontario entered into Step 1 of its three-step “re-opening” plan on June 11th, 2021. It is anticipated that they will progress to Step 3 (close to “normal”) by the end of the summer, which will include larger in-door gatherings of “non-family” groups. What will this mean for the practice of mediation as it has evolved through the pandemic - a lot, or not much?