Toronto

The practice directions listed below apply to Superior Court of Justice proceedings in the Toronto Region. Both province-wide and region-specific practice directions are included.  In 2014, the Court undertook a review of all of its practice directions.  As part of that review, all previously issued Superior Court of Justice practice directions were revoked and replaced with new consolidated practice directions effective July 1, 2014.

Also listed below are notices, guides and region-specific forms relevant to proceedings in the Toronto Region.

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 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)
• Commercial and Estates List Filing Direction (Regional)
• Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning Family Cases in the Toronto Region (Regional)

Notices and Guides

• Changes to Commercial List Operations in light of COVID-19
• Divisional Court Practice Advisory (Regional)
• Notice to the Profession – R. v. Chouhan (Province-wide)
• Notice to the Profession re criminal law applications (Province-wide)
• Notice to the Profession Regarding CaseLines in Criminal Matters (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 – 90 day Detention Reviews s. 525 Criminal Code (Province-wide)
• Practice Advisory Concerning the Provincial Civil Case Management Pilot – One Judge Model  (Province-wide)
• Practice Advisory – Application for Judicial Authorization of Physician Assisted Death (Province-wide)
• Practice Advisory Concerning Civil Long Motions in the Toronto Region (Regional)
• Practice Advisory Concerning Family Long Motions in the Toronto Region (Regional)
• Practice Advisory re Video Conferencing for Civil Practice Court, Commercial List Chambers Matters and Estates List 9:30 appointments in the Toronto Region (Regional)
• 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.

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Region-specific Forms

Note:  This section contains forms specific to the Toronto 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.

Bankruptcy Forms

• Hearing request form
• Special Appointment Request Form

Civil Case Conference Request Form

• Case Conference Request Form

Civil Motions Forms

• Toronto Civil Pre-Trial Conference Request Form
• Requisition to Schedule a Short Motion or Application
• Requisition to Attend Motion Scheduling Court
• Requisition to Schedule Long Motion before an Associate Judge
• Request for Case Management
• Certification Form to Set Pre-Trial and Trial Dates
• Certificate (Proof of Mediation)
• Confirmation Form
• Requisition to Attend Civil Practice Court

Commercial List Forms (including Model Orders)

• Approval and Vesting Order Form
• Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act lnitial Order Form
• Final Order Plan of Arrangement
• Foreign Main Proceeding – Initial Recognition Order
• Foreign Main Proceeding – Supplemental Order
• Mareva Order Form
• Interim Order – Plan of Arrangement
• Receiver Discharge Order Form
• Receivership Order Form
• Precedent Order to Allow Entry and Search of Premises

Construction Act Form

• Construction Lien Motion Request Form

Criminal Form

• Combined Form 17 and 18A-1

Estates List Forms

• Estates List Confirmation Form
• Orders Giving Directions – Appointment of Section 3 Counsel
• Orders Giving Directions – Power of Attorney/Guardianship Disputes
• Orders Giving Directions – Will Challenge
• Orders Giving Directions – Dependant’s Support
  
• Orders Giving Directions – Passing of Accounts
• Request for Urgent Motion Form
• Pre-Trial Conference Form
• Hearing Date Request Form
• Estates Forms under Rule 74 of the Rules of Civil Procedure

Family Forms

• TBST Conference Brief
• Virtual Hearing Request Form

Provincewide Forms

Class Actions Model Orders

• Discontinuance model order
• Carriage model order
• Certification (contested) model order
• Notice approval and consent certification for settlement purposes model order
• Settlement approval model order
• Fee approval model order
• Litigation funding model order