Supreme Court of Canada Practice 2011

Description:

• Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding:
  • computation of time – 5(1.1) and 5.1
  • bilingual name – 14
  • change of counsel – 17(1), (2)
  • filing of sealed documents – 19(2.1), (2.3), (3) and 19.1
  • filing by fax – 19(4.1)
  • filing by ordinary mail – 20(1)(b)
  • service on counsel – 20(1)(e)
  • service on consent – 20(2)
  • service by leaving a copy – 20(5)
  • Registrar's Guidelines replace all Rules re preparation of printed and electronic filing, and all related Rules are repealed – 21
  • parties in style of cause – 22(1)(b), (3)(b)
  • form of applications for leave – 25
  • recusal of judges – 25(1)(d), 33(f), 52(1.1)(b)
  • sealing orders – 25(c)
  • mandatory overview on leave – 25(1)(f)
  • affidavits on leave – 25(1)(g)
  • response on leave – 27(2)
  • reply on leave – 28(2)
  • cross-appeals – 29(1) and 31(1)
  • notices of appeal – 33
  • factums on appeal – 35(1)
  • redacted copies of appeal facta – 36(1)(d), 37(c)
  • intervener facta – 42(2)(e)
  • Attorneys General and Ministers of Justice to have only 20-page factum and 10 minutes oral argument – 42(5), 71(5)(c)
  • condensed books – 45(1)
  • references – 46(6), (8), (9)
  • affidavits on motions – 47(1)(b), (1.1)
  • court motions – 52(1)
  • simplified assignment of counsel – 63.1
  • expansion of Registrar's powers re counsel at hearings, time for argument and amendment of judgment – 71, 81
• Changes and additions to jurisprudence concerning:
  • leave to appeal in interlocutory matters
  • recusal of judges
  • inherent jurisdiction of the Court
  • limits on federal reference power
  • stays
  • standing of non-parties
  • new evidence
  • urgent hearings