Court of Appeal

  • November 29, 2023

Family Rules Committee: Amendments to Family Law Rules (O.Reg. 114/99) , Effective November 27, 2023, and January 15, 2024

Effective November 27, 2023

Changes to Rule 1.1: Electronic Filing and Issuance of Documents and Rule 9: Continuing Record regarding electronic court records.

Change to Rule 20.2: Expert Opinion Evidence, adding a sanction for the late service or filing of expert reports, opinions, or other expert documents. Accompanying changes to subrules 3(5) and 3(6).

Minor changes to Forms 14C, 17A, 17C, 17D, 17E, and 17F.

OntCA: Expected Return to In-Person Appeal Proceedings on April 4

The Court of Appeal expects to return to in-person appeal proceedings on April 4. For the spring term, it plans to allow counsel to attend in-person or by Zoom, as it did last fall when it briefly returned to in-person proceedings. Single judge motions would continue to be conducted fully by Zoom.