{"id":10379,"date":"2025-05-01T09:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?page_id=10379"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:19:56","slug":"amendments-to-the-general-practice-direction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/amendments-to-the-general-practice-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Amendments to the General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal for Ontario released amendments to its <a href=\"\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/general\/\">General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal<\/a>. 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