Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

22 (1) Every document shall commence with a heading in accordance with Form 22, which shall set out

• (a) the title “IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA”, in upper-case letters;

• (b) the name of the court appealed from, printed in upper-case letters and in parentheses;

• (c) the Court file number, if assigned;

• (d) the style of cause as set out in subrules (2) or (3);

• (e) the title of the document and the name and title of the party filing it, printed in upper-case letters between horizontal lines; and

• (f) the sections of the Act or these Rules, or of any other legislative enactment on which the document is based, printed in lower-case letters between the horizontal lines.

(2) The style of cause in an application for leave to appeal shall name, followed by their status in the court appealed from,

• (a) as an applicant, each party bringing the application for leave to appeal;

• (b) as a respondent, each party — including, in Quebec, a mis-en-cause — who was adverse in interest to the applicant in the court appealed from; and

• (c) as an intervener,

  • (i) any intervener who was given full party status in the court appealed from and, in Quebec, any mis-en-cause in the court appealed from who is not already named in the style of cause,

  • (ii) each person who has been granted leave to intervene in accordance with Rule 59, and

  • (iii) each administrative board or tribunal whose jurisdiction is at issue, whether or not the board or tribunal was active in the proceedings in the court appealed from.

(3) The style of cause in an appeal shall name, followed by their status in the court appealed from,

• (a) as an appellant, each party bringing the appeal;

• (b) as a respondent, each party — including, in Quebec, a mis-en-cause — who was adverse in interest to the appellant in the court appealed from; and

• (c) as an intervener,

  • (i) any intervener who was given full party status in the court appealed from and, in Quebec, any mis-en-cause in the court appealed from who is not already named in the style of cause,

  • (ii) each person who has been granted leave to intervene in accordance with Rule 59,

  • (iii) each attorney general who has filed a notice of intervention in accordance with subrule 61(4), and

  • (iv) each administrative board or tribunal whose jurisdiction is at issue, whether or not the board or tribunal was active in the proceedings in the court appealed from.

(3.1) The style of cause in a motion shall follow the style of cause for the application for leave to appeal or the appeal, as the case may be, and may be abbreviated to name only the first applicant and respondent, or the first appellant and respondent, as the case may be.

(4) A motion may be brought under Rule 18 to include in the style of cause as a party any other person who was a party, mis-en-cause or an intervener in the court appealed from and who must be a party to the proceedings to give effect to a judgment of the Court.