The Federal Court is Canada's national trial court which hears and decides legal disputes arising in the federal domain, such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law disputes. The Court is based in Ottawa, but its members are required to travel throughout Canada to hear cases within its national jurisdiction, thereby providing convenient access to justice to all Canadians.
The Federal Court of Appeal is a Canadian court that decides matters of federal law. It is described as national, itinerant, bilingual, bijural, and appellate. As an appellate court, the Federal Court of Appeal reviews the decisions of other federal courts and tribunals in order to ensure that the law has been applied properly and consistently. The vast majority of the Court’s decisions are final, with very few going on to further review by the highest appellate court in the country, the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Whitehorse court registry provides satellite services to the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal (collectively, the “Federal Courts”). All court documents dropped off at the registry will be forwarded to the Federal Courts for filing. There are no employees of the Federal Courts onsite in Whitehorse to provide in-person procedural advice.
Court documents may also be e-filed with the Federal Courts. You can find more information on their websites at Home - Federal Court or Home - Federal Court of Appeal.
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