Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

15 (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) Any party, other than an individual, 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.