CourtCanada Sues Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
CourtCanada, a private software development company, has sued Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General for breach of contract, claiming $10,000,000 in damages and a further $2,000,000 in punitive damages. CourtCanada supplies the Ministry with OSCAR, the Online System for Court Attendance Reservations, currently operating in the Estates List and the Commercial List of the Superior Court.
The plaintiff alleges that expansion of OSCAR throughout the Civil and Bankruptcy Lists was expected under the agreement and that the Ministry wrongfully cancelled that expansion. Moreover, CourtCanada alleges that the Ministry has “attempted to sabotage OSCAR in the Commercial List,” as an attempt to provide an ex post facto rationale for the termination of the OSCAR project.
The Statement of Claim is available on Slaw [PDF], as provided by the CourtCanada announcement. The CourtCanada press release [PDF] is also available here.
Hmmmm …. bit early for the dog days of summer.
This is very disappointing. I was just getting used to NOT having to deal with court staff on the phone anymore.
I rely on CourtCanada’s OSCAR system, it’s extremely efficient and user friendly. Was hopeful this technology would be expanded upon. Disappointment once again with government. It cost them nothing to run this, what is government thinking !?!