Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court
TORONTO — Five men accused in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme have had all charges against them stayed because of a shortage of judges in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice.
Earlier this year, a judge attempting to set a trial date for the five accused said they could not come before the courts until at least January 2019.
Since that date would violate the Supreme Court’s Jordan ruling, which sets firm time limits between when charges are laid and when a matter comes to trial, the five men filed an application seeking to have their charges stayed.
Justice Bonnie Croll ruled in favour of that application this month, citing a lack of resources in the Superior Court as the reason for the delay.