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ARTICLE · 21 JANUARY 2021

Federal Court Updates Guidance On COVID-19

On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court (FC) issued its latest COVID-19 Practice Direction, which supersedes all its prior COVID-19 practice directions.

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On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court (FC) issued its latest COVID-19 Practice Direction, which supersedes all its prior COVID-19 practice directions. The FC's facilities in Ontario and Quebec have been closed in light of the recent public health measures to combat the pandemic. The FC will continue its operations remotely in these two provinces until further notice. These measures in Ontario and Quebec are largely the same as were in place during earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also on January 18, 2021, the FC issued a new Practice Direction outlining its Document Retention Schedule, including new plans for the destruction of certain archived documents.

The following is a summary of some of the highlights from these Practice Directions.

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