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Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

Version of section 15 from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31:

  •  (1) Subject to Rule 17, counsel for a party in the court appealed from is deemed to be counsel before the Court.

  • (2) Subject to subrule (3), a party may either act in person or be represented by counsel.

  • (3) A corporation, partnership or unincorporated association shall be represented by counsel unless

    • (a) it was permitted to be represented by a person other than counsel in any of the lower courts and it chooses to continue to be represented by that person in the Court; or

    • (b) on motion, a judge grants it leave to be represented by a person other than counsel in accordance with the applicable federal or provincial legislative enactment.

  • SOR/2013-175, s. 5

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