Practice Direction for Civil Applications, Motions and other Matters in the Toronto Region ( superseded ) On January 1, 2010 significant changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure will come into force. This Practice Direction identifies scheduling and administrative changes to facilitate more expeditious and efficient civil litigation under the Rules. It replaces the following documents which are hereby revoked: I. Applications and Motions Guiding Principles [1] Applications and motions that require two hours or less for all parties to argue are considered short. Applications and motions that require more than two hours for all parties to argue are considered long. [2] Short applications and short motions must be booked through the Civil Scheduling Unit (except masters' motions in construction lien actions or within a reference). [3] An attendance at Motions Scheduling Court before a judge will be required to schedule: (i) the urgent hearing of matters before a judge; (ii) long applications or long motions before a judge; (iii) all summary judgment motions before a judge; and (iv) contested requests for case management by a judge under rule 77. [4] Long motions before a master must be booked by filing a requisition with Masters Administration. Different procedures are outlined below for booking long motions before a master in case-managed actions and in construction lien actions or within a reference. A. Short applications or short motions before a Judge or Master [5] Short applications and short motions (except summary judgment motions and motions in references and construction lien actions) may