BY RACHEL SPENCE, LAW CLERK
When I first embarked upon my journey in legal assisting, I thought memorizing the Rules of Civil Procedure, Small Claims Court and Family Court was going to be the key to my existence. I wasn't completely wrong, but little did I know what the Practice Directions beheld, or how heavily I would rely upon them to direct me when the Rules didn't tell me enough.
Why are Practice Directions so great? They provide an overview of the rather inconsistent ins and outs that Courts in different jurisdictions require to say, schedule a long versus short motion, summary judgment motion or confirm a date etc.
Current Toronto practice directions online include:
Other online notices and guides include:
This type of information can be a life-saver if you primarily do work in Toronto and have an urgent motion to bring somewhere else, or if you're asked to do something you've never done before.
So, when in doubt, as a first step check for a practice direction that sets you on the right path.
When I first embarked upon my journey in legal assisting, I thought memorizing the Rules of Civil Procedure, Small Claims Court and Family Court was going to be the key to my existence. I wasn't completely wrong, but little did I know what the Practice Directions beheld, or how heavily I would rely upon them to direct me when the Rules didn't tell me enough. Why are Practice Directions so great? They provide an overview of the rather inconsistent ins and outs that Courts in different jurisdictions require to say, schedule a long versus short motion, summary judgment motion or confirm a date etc.
Current Toronto practice directions online include:
- Consolidated Provincial Practice Direction (Province-wide)
- Consolidated Divisional Court Practice Direction (Province-wide)
- Practice Direction Regarding Applications under s. 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Province-wide)
- Consolidated Practice Direction for Civil Actions, Applications, Motions and Procedural Matters in the Toronto Region (Regional)
- Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning the Commercial List (Regional)
- Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning the Estates List in the Toronto Region (Regional)
- Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning Family Cases in the Toronto Region (Regional)
- Practice Advisory Concerning Family Long Motions in the Toronto Region (Regional)
- The Guide Concerning Best Practices for Civil Actions, Applications and Motions in the Toronto Region (Regional)
- The Guide Concerning Commercial List E-Service (Regional)
- The Guide Concerning e-Delivery of Documents in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Regional)
- Video Series re preparing materials in accordance with the Guide Concerning e-Delivery of Documents in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Practice Advisory – Application for Judicial Authorization of Physician Assisted Death (Province-wide)
- Publication Ban Requests in the Superior Court of Justice (Province-wide)
- Recommended Instructions to Self-represented Accused Before Pre-trial Conferences – These instructions provide information on the pre-trial conference to self-represented accused persons. (Province-wide)
- Superior Court of Justice Video Conferencing Pilot ProjectThe Superior Court of Justice video conferencing pilot project launched July 28, 2015 in eight locations: Toronto, Ottawa, Belleville, Oshawa, Newmarket, Sudbury, Timmins and Cochrane.
This type of information can be a life-saver if you primarily do work in Toronto and have an urgent motion to bring somewhere else, or if you're asked to do something you've never done before.
So, when in doubt, as a first step check for a practice direction that sets you on the right path.
- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk
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