🇨🇦 Canada • Federal • 69 plans
Federal Canadian matter plans cover matters governed by federal legislation and heard in the Federal Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada, and specialist federal bodies. Plans address proceedings under the Criminal Code RSC 1985 (c C-46), the Sex Offender Information Registration Act SC 2004 (c 10), the Divorce Act RSC 1985 (c 3), the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act SC 2001 (c 27), the Canada Business Corporations Act RSC 1985 (c C-44), the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act RSC 1985 (c B-3), and the Access to Information Act RSC 1985 (c A-1). Each plan maps key deadlines, procedural steps, and role assignments consistent with the Federal Courts Rules SOR/98-106 and the applicable Rules of Practice.
Legal practitioners in Federal can access 69 free, structured matter plan templates across 1 practice area. Each plan maps the full lifecycle of a matter - from initial instructions through investigation, preparation, and finalisation - with estimated time units, role assignments, and jurisdiction-specific statutory deadlines built in. Open directly in-browser or export to CSV for your practice management system.
The library includes 25 master plans and 44 specialist derivative plans covering specific party roles and procedural variants. All plans are maintained by verified legal practitioners, version-controlled, and aligned to the SALI Alliance Legal Matter Standard Specification - making them compatible with legal AI workflows and direct PMS integration via the JSON API.
What Federal legal matter plans are available?
The Open Matter Plans Network has 69 free Federal legal matter plan templates across 1 practice area, including Criminal Law. Each plan is a step-by-step workflow checklist aligned to Federal's court procedures and statutory requirements.
Are Federal legal matter plan templates free?
Yes. All Federal matter plans are free to access, browse, and use. You can view plans online, export to CSV for your practice management system, or pull them via the JSON API for direct PMS or legal AI integration.
How are Federal matter plans structured?
Each plan is divided into stages covering the full matter lifecycle - from initial instructions and fact-gathering through preparation, filing, and finalisation. Individual tasks include estimated time units, role assignments, and key date fields. The Federal library includes 25 master plans and 44 specialist derivative plans covering specific procedural variants.
When a practice-management system opens a matter at this level, these are the canonical fields it receives - resolved through the field-set hierarchy (base → area of law → geography → plan). Fields added at this levelare shown below, with inherited tiers beneath; each set's page has the full resolved table. How this works.
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