CASELINES
TAKING A TOUR OF CASELINES
PAST CASELINES TRAINING FOR LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
PAST CASELINES TRAINING FOR LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Lorna M. Yates, Lawyer
Video from FOLA's Spring 2022 Plenary
45 mins of Professional Content
Lorna's CaseLines Tips & Tricks PDF
PAST CASELINES TRAINING FOR LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
PAST CASELINES TRAINING FOR LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
PAST CASELINES TRAINING FOR LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Click here or on the image above for a one hour and 15 minutes live demonstration with CaseLines titled "An introduction to the Evidence Sharing Platform" held on May 26, 2021.
Here is a presentation deck from CaseLines presenter Betty Montoni and here is a Q&A document that CaseLines put together that should be helpful for lawyers on using CaseLines.
Also available is a Q&A document following CaseLines Training for Law Association members in February 2022.
CASELINES SUPPORT
MAG operates a contact centre to provide help with CaseLines (and JSO).
The phone number is 1-800-980-4962 and the email address for CaseLines issues is info.CaseLines@ontario.ca.
This contact info is in the CaseLines public notice.
OTHER CASELINES INFO
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AFFECTS CASELINES)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AFFECTS CASELINES)
On May 9th, the OCJ issued a new CaseLines notice to the profession and public.
You can access it here.
CASELINES DEMONSTRATION RECORDINGS
These CaseLines demonstration videos have been posted on the SCJ website and are also available in the links below.
CaseLines Demonstrations:
NOTE: If you have trouble logging in to any of the above sessions, please contact Cheryl Alphonso at Cheryl.Alphonso@ontario.ca
CaseLines Hearings – Tips for Counsel and Self-represented Parties
CaseLines information sheet – English
CaseLines information sheet – French
NOTE: Tips 5 and 6 in the CaseLines Hearings – Tips for Counsel and Self-Represented Litigants document, about uploading documents into CaseLines, have been clarified (Nov 4).
Notice for CaseLines for Domestic Matters at the OCJ (Nov 12, 2021)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AFFECTS CASELINES)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AFFECTS CASELINES)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AFFECTS CASELINES)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
On March 23, 2022, a regulation was filed to amend the court rules and forms for civil proceedings: O. Reg. 224/22, amending the Rules of Civil Procedure. The regulation is posted on e-Law here.
The regulation addresses the rules regarding the deadlines for parties to submit their confirmation of motion and confirmation of application forms (Forms 37B and 38B), as well as the deadline to upload materials to CaseLines.
The regulation, which amends three rules and revises two forms, will come into force on April 23, 2022.
The rule amendments:
- require a moving party to confirm the motion 5 days before the hearing instead of 3, and permit the responding party to confirm the motion (if the moving party has not done so) 4 days before the motion instead of 2 (rule 37.10.1);
- require an applicant to confirm the application 5 days before the hearing instead of 3 (rule 38.09.1);
- separate the CaseLines deadline for motions and applications from the confirmation form deadlines (rule 4.05.3);
- remove references to e-mail submission of confirmation forms being possible only if available in the court office, since e-mail is available in every civil court office (rules 37.10.1 and 38.09.1); and
- prescribe revised versions of the Form 37B Confirmation of Motion and Form 38B Confirmation of Application, to
- emphasize the duty to update the court if circumstances change after confirmation,
- add reference to the abandonment procedure, and
- require a list of materials for applications (as is already required for motions).
The revised Forms 37B and 38B are available on the Ontario Court Forms Website.
A summary of the regulation is available on Ontario’s Regulatory Registry here.
FEDERAL COURT
E-FILING & NOTICES
STRATEGIC PLAN - 2020-2025
STRATEGIC PLAN - 2020-2025
Visit the Federal Court website for access to all forms, e-Filing needs, "how to" docs & videos, Court files, and decisions.
STRATEGIC PLAN - 2020-2025
STRATEGIC PLAN - 2020-2025
STRATEGIC PLAN - 2020-2025
In July 2020, in the midst of COVID-19, the Federal Court released their Strategic Plan for 2020-2025.
The 2020-2025 Strategic Plan addresses the steps that the Court intends to take in the pursuit of two principal objectives: (i) significantly increasing access to justice, and (ii) enhancing the ability of the Court to serve the public across Canada.
The primary focus of the first principal objective will be upon accelerating the Court’s shift away from being a paper-based organization, towards being a more accessible digital court. That shift was given added stimulus in the wake of the outbreak of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, when the Court rapidly expanded its capability to conduct virtual hearings with participants situated in their respective homes, by telephone and video conference.
As the Court continues to expand its digital capabilities, its principal areas of focus will include:
· making more broad-based use of e-filing and electronic service;
· moving toward treating electronically filed materials as the official court record;
· making more widespread use of electronic courtroom software, during in-person and “virtual” hearings;
· enhancing its internal and outward-facing electronic scheduling capabilities;
· providing the parties to disputes before the Court with an ability to electronically access non-restricted documents in the Court’s record;
· providing the public and the media with electronic access to non-confidential Court records, as well as to the non-confidential portion of electronic hearings; and
· making increased use of web-based virtual hearings and webcasting.
This strategic plan builds on the Court’s 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
In brief, the Court and many others within its ecosystem need to expand their digital capabilities.