Federal Courts Rules — 4
Adjustment of unit value 4 (1) On April 1 in each year, the Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, in consultation with one another, shall adjust the unit value by multiplying it by the amount determined by the formula A/B × 100 where A is the Consumer Price Index for all items for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , in respect of December of the preceding year; and B is the Consumer Price Index for all items for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , in respect of December 1994. Rounding of result (2) If a calculation under subsection (1) results in an amount that is not a multiple of 10, the resulting amount shall be rounded to the next higher amount that is a multiple of 10. Communication of adjusted unit value (3) The Chief Justices shall without delay communicate adjustments to the unit value made under subsection (1) to their respective courts and to their assessment officers. TABLE 1 Actions Item Assessable Service Number of Units Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 1 Preparation and filing of statement of claim, statement of defence, statement of defence and counterclaim, defence to counterclaim, reply and defence to counterclaim, third party claim, defence to third party claim or statement of the issues on a reference 3–7 6–10 9–13 2 Preparation and filing of reply 1–3 4–6 7–9 3 Preparation and filing of notice of constitutional question 1–3 4–6 7–9 4 Review of notice of constitutional question 1–3 1–5 1–7 5 Preparation and filing of written representations for status review or, if requested by the Court, for case management 1 1 1 6 Preparation and delivery of demand for particulars 1–3 1–6 1–9 7 Preparation and delivery of particulars 1–3 1–5 1–7 8 Amendment to pleading if necessitated by a new or amended pleading of another party 1–3 3–5 6–8 9 Preparation and issuance of documents related to the arrest of property, including an Affidavit to Lead Warrant 1–3 1–5 1–7 10 Preparation and issuance of caveat release or release of arrested property 1 1 1 11 Preparation and delivery of discovery plans that are ordered or directed by the Court, including amendments to those plans 2–4 4–6 6–10 12 Preparation and delivery of claims charts that are ordered or directed by the Court 2–4 4–6 6–10 13 Preparation and delivery of list of documents in accordance with rule 295, and production of those documents 2–4 4–6 6–10 14 Preparation and delivery of affidavit of documents and production of the first 500 documents identified in Schedule 1 to Form 223 1–5 5–9 9–15 15 Production of each additional grouping of up to 1,000 documents identified in Schedule 1 to Form 223, to a maximum of 10 groupings 1–5 5–9 9–15 16 Review of documents produced by another party — first 500 documents 1–3 3–5 6–8 17 Review of documents produced by another party — each additional grouping of up to 1,000 documents, to a maximum of 10 groupings 1–3 3–5 6–8 18 Inspection of documents in accordance with subsection 228(1) 1–3 1–3 1–3 19 Preparation and filing of pre-trial conference materials, including requisition for pre-trial conference and pre-trial conference memorandum 1–3 1–5 1–7 20 Preparation for conference, including a case management conference, pre-trial conference or trial management conference 1–2 3–6 7–11 21 Attendance at case management conference, pre-trial conference or trial management conference, for each hour (for each quarter hour or less, add 25% of the units allocated for each hour) 1–3 1–3 1–3 22 Preparation and delivery of request to admit facts or documents 1–3 2–4 4–6 23 Preparation and delivery of response to request to admit facts or documents 1–3 2–4 4–6 24 Preparation for examination, including examination for discovery, examination for trial out of court or examination in aid of execution, for each individual examined 1–3 1–5 1–11 25 Attendance at examination, including examination for discovery, examination for trial out