This is a list of the Superior Court of Justice Practice Directions that apply to proceedings in the Central East Region. Both province-wide and region-specific Practice Directions are listed. These Practice Directions take effect on July 1, 2014 and all other previously issued Superior Court of Justice Practice Directions are revoked.
For a list of courthouse locations by region, please see Regional Court Schedules.
For additional information on Court programs and services, see Going to Court.
Practice Directions
- Consolidated Provincial Practice Direction (Province-wide)
- Consolidated Divisional Court Practice Direction (Province-wide)
- Provincial Practice Direction Regarding Criminal Proceedings (Province-wide)
- Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning Family Cases in Central East Region (Regional)
- Practice Direction Concerning Civil Proceedings in the Central East Region (Regional)
Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution
- Practice Advisory Concerning the Superior Court of Justice’s Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution Pilot Projects (Regional)
- Notice to the Family Law Bar and Family Litigants – Simcoe and Muskoka
- Request and consent form
Notices and Guides
- Notice to the profession – R. v. Chouhan (Province-wide)
- Notice to the profession re criminal law applications (Province-wide)
- Practice Advisory – 90 day Detention Reviews s. 525 Criminal Code (Province-wide)
- Practice Advisory – Application for Judicial Authorization of Physician Assisted Death (Province-wide)
- Practice Advisory Concerning Long Motions in the Central East Region (Regional)
- Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Civil Cases
- Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Criminal
- Central East Region Long Motions Pilot – Tips for Filing Materials in Family
- Practice Advisory Concerning the Provincial Civil Case Management Pilot – One Judge Model (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 Project
The Superior Court of Justice video conferencing pilot project launched July 28, 2015 in eight locations: Toronto, Ottawa, Belleville, Oshawa, Newmarket, Sudbury, Timmins and Cochrane.
Region-specific Forms
Note: This section contains forms specific to the Central East Region. For other forms, including those prescribed under the Rules of Civil Procedure, the Family Law Rules, the Criminal Proceedings Rules and the Small Claims Court Rules, visit the Ontario Court Forms website.
- Request to Schedule Family Motion (Regional)
This form is required to schedule Family Motions in Barrie. For further information, see Civil and Family Motions Procedures. - Request to Schedule Family Motion (Regional)
This form is required to schedule Family Motions in Newmarket. For further information, see Civil and Family Motions Procedures. - Summary Judgment Case Information Sheet (Regional)