Black car in London · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
The London, Ontario courthouse - the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice at Dundas Street and Ridout Street at the top of the core - and City Hall on Dufferin Avenue at Wellington are the public buildings a lawyer, a witness, an expert, an applicant or a delegation must reach at a fixed minute with the parking gone; LondonLimo.net drops at the courthouse's Dundas Street loading zone timed for the security queue, carries the exhibit boxes, waits by the hour for the recesses, meets the witness or the expert at Pearson with a name board, and holds a law firm's account with a matter number on every journey, at a fixed in-city planning figure of $40-55 for a sedan. The government page has the buildings and this article the lawyer's, the witness's and the delegation's car in detail.
The courthouse, and the Dundas Street door
The public entrance faces Dundas Street, with a short loading zone at the curb where the chauffeur drops - twenty metres from the door rather than three hundred from the Talbot Street garage - and the security screening inside takes bags through an X-ray and people through a detector, ten minutes on a Monday morning when several lists are sitting. Court starts at 10 for most lists and 9:30 for some; the desk sets the pickup from the address and the day of the week. The government page has the building and the Ontario courts' site the lists.
| Journey | Minutes | Sedan, planning figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown hotels to the courthouse | 3-5 | $40-50 | The DoubleTree's and the Delta's guests often walk; the boxes go by car |
| Old North or Old South law offices to the courthouse | 5-8 | $40-50 | The loading zone drop; the car at the Talbot garage for the recess |
| Any London address to City Hall, Dufferin Avenue | 5-20 | $40-60 | The Dufferin frontage's drop; the council chambers inside |
| The courthouse to Pearson, counsel or a witness flying out | 190 km | $295-345 | The 4:30 adjournment to the 7:30 flight |
| Pearson to a London hotel, an expert the evening before | 190 km | $295-345 | A name board at Terminal 1; the hotel; the courthouse at 9:20 |
| A trial day by the hour, chauffeur waiting | - | $95-115/h | The boxes carried at each break; the car at every recess |
LondonLimo.net planning ranges before HST.
The trial week: the standing booking
A litigation team from Toronto in a two-week jury trial books a standing daily run from the DoubleTree to the Dundas door at 8:40 with the exhibit boxes on a trolley the chauffeur carries, the car at the Talbot garage for the recesses, and the hotel at 5; the same chauffeur for the run of the trial where the roster allows, so that the boxes, the breaks and the routine need no explanation on day two. The corporate chauffeur service page describes the account and the downtown hotels article the stay.
The witness and the expert
A witness from Windsor collected at 7 a.m. for a 10 a.m. list, an expert from Toronto met at Pearson the evening before with a name board and driven to the Delta, the courthouse at 9:20 and the airport at 4:30, a witness from abroad met at Terminal 1 and delivered to the hotel with the firm texted: each is a booking on the firm's account with the matter number, and the airport pickup guide has the meet.
The matter number, and the disbursement
A law firm's account carries a matter-number field on every booking, the monthly invoice lists each journey against its matter with the traveller's name, and the firm rebills the disbursement to the client without a reconciliation; the corporate page describes the account and the Canada Revenue Agency's treatment of the HST is on every line.
City Hall: the council, the committees and the counters
City Hall on Dufferin Avenue holds the council chambers, the planning and building counters and the licensing office; a developer's team with the drawings for a 4 p.m. planning committee, a residents' association's delegation, a licence hearing's parties and a visiting mayor from a twin city are the bookings, dropped at the Dufferin frontage and collected from it; the City of London's site has the meeting calendar.
The federal building: the ceremony and the interview
The citizenship ceremonies and the immigration interviews at the federal offices on Queens Avenue start at fixed times with arrival asked forty minutes early, and a family's ceremony day is an SUV by the hour - the home, the ceremony, the photographs outside, lunch in Wortley Village; the government page has the federal building.
The tribunals
The Landlord and Tenant Board, the Human Rights Tribunal's London sittings, the WSIAT and the Licence Appeal Tribunal sit downtown and at Wellington Road offices, and a paralegal's day of three hearings across the city is an hourly booking with the chauffeur at each door.
The barracks and the police headquarters
Wolseley Barracks on Oxford Street East and the London Police headquarters on Dundas Street East receive delegations, ceremonies' families and lawyers attending clients, and the chauffeur knows the gate procedures; the government page has both.
The visitor's court day from the region
A party or a witness from Sarnia, Windsor or Stratford with a London hearing books the destination page's run to the Dundas door with the return held open for the adjournment's text; the destinations hub has each town's figure.
Three courthouse days, as they went
A jury trial, three weeks in February. A Toronto team's standing 8:40 run from the DoubleTree with the boxes; the car at each recess; the hotel at 5; the firm's account by matter number.
An expert from Montreal, a Wednesday. Met at Pearson at 7:10 p.m., the Delta, the courthouse at 9:20, and Pearson at 4:30 for the 7:30 flight.
A citizenship ceremony, June. An SUV by the hour for a Westmount family of six: the federal building at 8:50, the ceremony, the photographs, lunch in the Village.
Booking it
A single run to the courthouse or City Hall is on the reservation engine in seconds; the trial week, the expert's itinerary and the firm's account are one email to the desk; the government page has the buildings and the rates page the figures.
Three questions the desk is asked about court days
Can the chauffeur wait outside the courthouse? Not on Dundas Street; the car waits at the Talbot or King Street garage and is at the loading zone in four minutes on a text. Are the chauffeurs discreet about clients? Bound by a confidentiality code that survives their engagement, as the chauffeurs page states; a witness's name is on the board and nowhere else. Can the firm be invoiced by matter? Yes - the corporate account carries a matter-number field and the monthly invoice lists each journey against it.
The courthouse's security, in detail
Bags through the X-ray, people through the detector, counsel's boxes opened, and a queue that on a Monday morning with the criminal, family and civil lists sitting stretches to the door for ten minutes; the desk sets a 9:20 arrival for a 10 o'clock list and 8:50 for a 9:30 one, and the Ontario courts' site has the lists and the daily dockets.
The trial week's routine, in detail
The chauffeur at the DoubleTree's porte-cochere at 8:40 with the trolley; the boxes from the room to the car; the Dundas loading zone at 8:50; the boxes to the security queue; the car to the Talbot garage; a text at the morning recess for a box from the car; the lunch run to the market or the Row if wanted; the afternoon recess; 4:30 and the boxes back; the hotel at 5. The corporate chauffeur service page describes the account behind it.
The witness's day, in detail
A witness from Windsor collected at 7 a.m. at the Windsor page's rate, dropped at the Dundas door at 9:20, waited for by the hour or collected on the adjournment's text, and driven home; a nervous witness is driven quietly and arrives composed, which is the point.
City Hall's calendar, in detail
Council meets on a published schedule with the planning, community and civic works committees between, delegations register in advance, and the chambers on the second floor fill for a contested planning item; the City's site has the calendar and the Dufferin Avenue drop is at the front doors.
The federal building, in detail
The citizenship ceremonies at the Queens Avenue offices seat the candidates at 8:50 for a 9:30 ceremony, the families in the rows behind, and the photographs on the steps after; a family's day by the hour touches the ceremony, the photographs and the lunch, and the government page has the building.
The tribunals' offices, in detail
The Landlord and Tenant Board and the WSIAT sit in the downtown provincial offices and the Wellington Road ones, the Human Rights Tribunal sits in London on scheduled dates, and a paralegal with a 9:30 downtown and a 1:30 on Wellington Road books the day by the hour; the hourly page has the arithmetic.
The lawyer's Pearson run, in detail
Counsel adjourned at 4:30 for a 7:30 flight from Pearson: the loading zone at 4:35, the boxes, the 401, Terminal 1 at 6:40; the desk's rule of three hours is cut fine and the desk says so, and the Pearson page has the rule.
Booking checklist for a court day
The building and its entrance; the list's start time; the pickup address; the boxes; whether the chauffeur waits by the hour or returns on a text; the witness's or the expert's flight; the matter number; and a phone number for the recess texts. The reservation engine takes the run and the desk the trial week.
A worked example: the expert from Montreal
Met at Pearson's Terminal 1 at 7:10 p.m. on a Tuesday with a board reading the firm's name; the Delta Armouries at 9:25; the Dundas loading zone at 9:20 on Wednesday with the security queue read from the docket; the car at the Talbot garage through the morning; the adjournment's text at 12:40; lunch at the market; the afternoon session; the loading zone at 4:35 and Pearson at 6:45 for the 8:30 flight. Four legs on the firm's account against one matter number, and the Pearson to London article has the meet.
Booking it, in one line
The reservation engine prices the run to the courthouse or City Hall in seconds; the trial week and the firm's account are one email to the desk.
The desk's rule of thumb
The loading zone at 9:20 for a 10 o'clock list; the car at the Talbot garage for the recess; the trial week as a standing booking with the same chauffeur; the expert met at Pearson the evening before; and the matter number on every journey. The FAQ has the rest.
