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Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

Version of section 54 from 2014-01-01 to 2021-01-26:

  •  (1) Within 10 days after service of the motion, a respondent to the motion may respond to the motion by

    • (a) serving a response on all moving parties and other respondents to the motion; and

    • (b) filing with the Registrar the original and 14 copies of the response.

  • (2) Unless it is served and filed in the form of correspondence of no longer than two pages, the response shall be bound and consist of the following, in the following order:

    • (a) a memorandum of argument in accordance with paragraph 25(1)(c), with any modifications that the circumstances require; and

    • (b) the documents that the respondent intends to rely on, in chronological order, in accordance with subrule 25(3).

  • (3) Parts I to V of the memorandum of argument shall not exceed 20 pages.

  • (4) After the response to the motion is filed or at the end of the 10-day period referred to in subrule (1), the Registrar shall send a notice of hearing of the motion in Form 69, with any modifications that the circumstances require, to all parties.

  • SOR/2006-203, s. 28
  • SOR/2011-74, s. 27
  • SOR/2013-175, s. 36

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