Please see the Memorandum from Chief Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz dated January 24, 2024, outlining the upcoming changes to the Consolidated Provincial Practice Directions re: Guidelines to Determine the Mode of Proceeding (Criminal, Family, and Civil).
These changes are in effect as of today, February 1, 2024.
The updated notices are also available on the SCJ website here: https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/practice/provincial-practice-directions/