Impact to Court Operations at Devonshire Courthouse
Until further notice, due to ongoing remediation work at the courthouse at 3380 Devonshire Ave., court matters scheduled at that location will proceed by videoconference, telephone or in person at the Law Courts, 1815 Upper Water St., Halifax. The Scheduling Office is in the process of contacting counsel and parties with instructions for each matter.
 
The Court Administration Office is continuing to accept filings; however, the documents counter is temporarily relocated to the main floor of the courthouse. Similarly, the front counter for the Family Law Information Program (FLIP) is temporarily relocated to the scheduling window, just inside the main entrance. Other family law programming, including conciliation and alternative dispute resolution, will proceed by telephone.
 
Holiday Reminder
Courthouses across the province will be closed on Monday, August 3 (Civic Holiday), reopening on Tuesday, August 4.

Webcast of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Proceeding

A graphic with the words "Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Upcoming Webcast. SH-447198 - Richard Robert Martell and Michael Harry Gerald Perrier Vs. The Attorney General of Nova Scotia, representing Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Nova Scotia and Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority. Date: 28 November, 2025. Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM. https://www.courts.ns.ca/operations/webcasts."

On Friday, November 28, 2025, Justice Peter Rosinski will consider a Notice of Motion to approve a proposed settlement in the following class action lawsuit:

SH-447198 - Richard Robert Martell and Michael Harry Gerald Perrier Vs. The Attorney General of Nova Scotia, representing Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Nova Scotia and Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority

The case, first filed in January 2016 and certified as a class proceeding in January 2019, alleges the Defendants were negligent in operating, supervising and managing the School for the Deaf in Halifax and the Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf in Amherst. The Plaintiffs bring this action on behalf of themselves and all former students who attended and/or resided at one or both of the schools and suffered physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse.

The Notice of Action can be found on the Courts’ Class Action Registry at https://courts.ns.ca/courts/supreme-court/class-action-registry.

This proceeding will be livestreamed from Courtroom 504 at the Halifax Law Courts on the Courts of Nova Scotia website to ensure it is accessible to members of the class. The livestream will include ASL interpretation.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, November 28. The public can watch the livestream on the Courts of Nova Scotia website here.

As per the Nova Scotia Courts’ copyright policy, webcasts of court proceedings may not be broadcast or re-broadcast by embedding them in another website or by any other means. However, portions of the webcasts (audio and video) may be re-broadcast as part of conventional news coverage. Hyperlinks to the live webcast page and the page of archived videos on the Courts of Nova Scotia website are permitted.