To file your Statement of Defence or Notice of Intent to Defend and all Affidavits of Service with the court, you must submit them along with your payment, either: online through the Civil Claims Online portal. in person at the court location indicated on the Statement of Claim.
You serve the notice of examination on the debtor or other person to be examined at least 30 days before the hearing. If the debtor to be examined is an individual, you will also need to serve a blank Financial Information Form Form 20I. If the debtor is a business, no financial information form is required.
Form 34A Notice of Examination. (To be used only for a party to the proceeding, a person to be examined for discovery or in aid of execution on behalf or in place of a party or a person to be cross-examined on an affidavit. For the examination of any other person, use a summons to witness (Form 34B).)
After examinations for discovery conclude, the parties will attend mediation. Subject to certain exceptions, mediation is mandatory in Ontario.
What is Discovery in Aid of Execution? Certain discovery procedures that are provided by law and which allow a judgment creditor to obtain information about the defendant judgment debtor's assets and property that may be available for execution on the judgment.
The Notice of Examination (Form 20H) is used in the Small Claims Court of Ontario. This form is issued when a creditor, who has obtained a judgment against a debtor, seeks to hold an examination hearing.
The Rule permits a motion only on a question of law at the very preliminary stage of a proceeding and covers a very narrow scope. The Rule asks whether (i) based entirely on the content of the pleading; (ii) there is a question of law that will dispose of the action or an issue therein.
The Rule 49 Offer to Settle is a provision within the Rules of Civil Procedure that encourages parties involved in litigation to make and accept reasonable settlement offers. The purpose of this rule is to expedite the resolution of disputes and reduce the burden on the court system.
Rule 29.1(2) sets out the timing for agreement to a discovery plan. Parties must agree to a discovery plan either 60 days after the close of pleadings (a longer period is permitted if agreed to by the parties) or before attempting to obtain evidence.