Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

27 (1) Within 30 days after the day on which a file is opened by the Court following the filing of an application for leave to appeal or, if a file has already been opened, within 30 days after the service of an application for leave to appeal, a respondent or an intervener may respond to the application for leave to appeal by

• (a) serving a copy of the response on all other parties;

• (b) filing with the Registrar the original and five copies of the printed version of the response;

• (c) filing with the Registrar a copy of the electronic version of each of the memorandum of argument referred to in paragraph (2)(a), if any, and any response to any motion related to the application for leave to appeal; and

• (d) sending to all other parties a copy of the electronic version of each of the memorandum of argument referred to in paragraph (2)(a), if any, and any response to any motion related to the application for leave to appeal by email to the last known email address.

(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 Parts I to V not exceeding 20 pages in the case of a respondent and five pages in the case of an intervener; and

• (b) the documents that the respondent or intervener intends to rely on, in chronological order, in accordance with subrules 25(3) and (4).