Federal Courts Rules

Marginal note:Court file

• 23 (1) For each proceeding of the Court, the Administrator shall keep a file that is composed of the following documents, each marked with its date and time of filing, and that is organized by order of filing:

  • (a) every document filed under these Rules, an order of the Court or an Act of Parliament, other than affidavits or other material filed in support of a motion or as evidence at trial;

  • (b) all correspondence between a party and the Registry;

  • (c) all orders;

  • (d) copies of all writs issued in the proceeding; and

  • (e) such other documents relating to the proceeding as the Court may direct.

• Marginal note:Annexes

  (2) The Administrator shall keep an annex to each Court file that is comprised of

  • (a) all affidavits;

  • (b) all exhibits; and

  • (c) all other documents and material in the possession of the Court or the Registry that are not required by these Rules to be kept in the Court file.