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==A party must usually appear in court in person==
If you are a party in a court proceeding (for example, you are the a plaintiff or defendant), and you have to must attend or “appear” in your courtdates, you usually have to either physically show up in or via phone. Attending courtis known as “appearing”. Telephone While telephone appearances are discouraged. However, the court has the discretion in some circumstances to allow them, so long as you to appear by telephone if you don’t do not have to “testify”. To testify (and is to give sworn evidence)before the court.
==You need court approval to appear by phone==
To make a phone an appearanceby telephone, you must get prior approval from the court. Ask To do so, ask the registry of the court where you have to must appear if you can do whether it by phonewill be possible. Do this Be sure to do so at least one week before your court date, if possible. If this is notpossible, then try to ask the court registry at least 3 days before your court date. If a phone telephone appearance is possible, the court registry will usually explain what you need to do.
In Small Claims Court, an appearance by telephone may be allowed if the party requesting the telephone appearance doesn’t live or carry on business within a reasonable distance from the court location where the hearing is to take place, or if there are exceptional circumstances. An application using Small Claims Court Form 16 must be made in advance. If the registrar allows the party to appear by telephone, all documents relating to the hearing usually must usually be sent to the court and to the other parties before the hearing.
In Supreme Court, an application to appear by phone telephone must be made by requisition using Supreme Court Form 17, supported by a signed letter setting out the reasons why you want an order allowing you to appear by phonetelephone.
[updated September 2013May 2015]
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