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  • Ontario's New Online Link to the Criminal Courts Portal is Delayed until 2030

    February 04, 2026 - A new online portal meant to streamline access to Ontario's court system is leaving some lawyers grappling with unpredictable delays and facing new hurdles in managing their cases, they say months after the platform's initial rollout. The Ontario Courts Public Portal launched in Toronto in the fall, with the purpose of allowing people to file documents, pay fees and find virtual links for court hearings in non-criminal matters, including Superior Court family, civil, small claims, bankruptcy, Divisional Court and enforcement cases, as well as provincial court family cases. Digital access to criminal cases is set to expand next year in Phase 2, and the Ontario government is looking to have the system — which it touts...

  • England/Wales - DBS Searches Delayed

    February 03, 2026 - As of late 2025 and early 2026, Enhanced DBS checks are experiencing delays, with some applications taking over 60–100 days to complete, part...

  • England - Non-party Access to Documents Used in Civil Court Proceedings

    February 02, 2026 - Under Practice Direction 51ZH, the new HMCTS Pilot Scheme, alternatively named the “Access to Public Documents Pilot” (“Pilot&rdq...

  • Canada - When it Comes to Records, Justice is Blind

    February 01, 2026 - For lawyer Tavengwa Runyowa, the judge’s decision was groundbreaking. He believed it would almost certainly become an important precedent in...

  • What Criminal Court in Stockholm is Compliant

    January 28, 2026 - The Court of First Instance: Stockholm District Court In Sweden, criminal cases begin at the District Court (Tingsrätt).  If the ...

  • Deciphering the Code: The Anatomy of an Ontario Court of Justice File Number

    January 23, 2026 - In the world of international record retrieval, "close enough" is a compliance failure. To truly vet a candidate in Canada’s most p...

  • Yes, There is a Standard for Searching Single-Name Subject

    January 19, 2026 -    When conducting a background check or a court record search for a subject with only a single name (a mononym), standard search procedu...

  • Argentina - What Criminal Records Must be Searched

    January 13, 2026 - Argentina does not maintain a single, unified public criminal register. Criminal history originates at courts of first instance, where cases ar...

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