10. (1) Subject to Rule 10(3), non-compliance with these Rules does not render a proceeding void, but where non-compliance occurs, the Court may give any direction or make any order it considers appropriate to give effect to the intent of these Rules.

(2) Where a party to an appeal or counsel fails to perfect the appeal within a period of 6 months after the filing of the transcript or, where no transcript is filed, within a period of 12 months after the filing of the notice of appeal, or a party or their counsel otherwise fails to comply with these Rules, the Court, on application of any other party to the appeal or of its own motion, on giving to the parties such notice, if any, as the Registrar is able to effect, or without notice if reasonable notice cannot be effected, may

• (a) strike out the appeal;

• (b) direct the appellant to perfect the appeal within a specified time;

• (c) fix a date for hearing of the appeal; or

• (d) make any other order as may be just.

(3) Where the notice of appeal was filed prior to January 1, 2000, and 12 months after the day on which these Rules come into force have passed since the last step was taken, and no other order has been made under these Rules, the appeal shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Registrar shall file a notice of deemed abandonment.

(4) On filing a notice of deemed abandonment of the appeal, the Registrar shall send a copy of the notice by ordinary mail or by facsimile transmission to counsel of record or to the parties at the last known addresses, if any, of such counsel or parties indicated in the documents filed in the appeal. The Registrar shall, within three months of filing of such notice of deemed abandonment, publish notice of it in The Newfoundland and Labrador Gazette, or publish notice in a single notice containing a list of all the appeals abandoned during the preceding three months.

(5) Inability or failure of the Registrar to effect any notice required by this Rule shall not affect the deemed abandonment or striking out of an appeal.

(6) No proceedings shall thereafter be taken in any appeal deemed abandoned or struck out under this Rule unless the appeal is reinstated by the Court, which the Court may do on such terms as the Court deems just.

(7) The Court shall, on application by a party prior to the date on which the appeal would be deemed to be abandoned, on such terms as the Court deems just, order that the appeal not be deemed abandoned.

11. (1) Subject to this Rule, the parties to an appeal shall file with the Court only those portions of the transcript of the proceedings in the court appealed from that are necessary to enable the issues raised on appeal to be determined.

(2) Except:

• (a) in a prisoner appeal,

• (b) in an appeal from a summary conviction appeal court, or

• (c) where a judge otherwise orders,

an appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a copy of the request for transcript and certificate in Form D requesting the preparation of those portions of the record in the proceedings that he or she believes are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined and containing certificates stating that the request has been sent to other parties and to the court reporter’s office.

(3) The appellant shall, within 15 days after filing the notice of appeal, file with the Registrar a certificate of court reporter in Form E certifying receipt of the request for transcript.

(4) In a prisoner appeal, the Attorney General shall, after receiving a notice of appeal

• (a) send a request for transcript and certificate in Form D and a certificate of court reporter in the manner set out in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary;

• (b) file copies of the completed certificates with the Registrar; and

• (c) forward copies to the prisoner.

(5) In an appeal from a summary conviction appeal court, the transcript shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, consist of

• (a) the transcript of proceedings in the trial court as it was submitted on appeal to the summary conviction appeal court, and

• (b) only those portions of the transcript of proceedings in the summary conviction appeal court as may be necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined,

and the appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a request for transcript and certificate in Form D and, within 15 days thereafter a certificate of court reporter in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary, in relation to any portions of the proceedings in the summary conviction appeal court which the appellant believes are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined.

(6) Unless the Court otherwise orders, where an appeal is against sentence only, the transcript shall be limited to

• (a) the evidence given and submissions made on the issue of sentence; and

• (b) the reasons for sentence given by the sentencing judge.

(7) Where a party to an appeal receives a copy of a request for transcript and certificate prepared by another party, the receiving party may

• (a) where he or she believes that additional portions of the transcript of the proceedings are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined, and

• (b) within 15 days after receipt, or within such longer time as the Court may allow,

deliver a request for further portions of transcript and certificate in Form F to the applicable court reporter’s office and to the other parties to the appeal, file a copy of it with the Registrar, and within 15 days thereafter file with the Registrar a certificate of court reporter in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary, certifying receipt of the request for additional transcript.

(8) A party to an appeal may at any time apply to the Court for an order

• (a) excising portions of the transcript of the proceedings which have been requested or prepared and which are unnecessary or inappropriate for the determination of the issues on an appeal; and

• (b) adding such further portions of the transcript of the proceedings as may be determined to be necessary to the determination of the issues on an appeal.

(9) The Court may at any time of its own motion order that the transcript of the proceedings be abridged or amplified.

(10) The parties to an appeal may agree, in writing to be filed in the Court:

• (a) to substitute an agreed statement of facts in place of all or any portion of the transcript of the proceedings and the exhibits; and

• (b) to submit a joint request for transcript in Form D and certificate of court reporter in Form E, with such modifications as may be required.

(11) Where the Court concludes that all or any parties to an appeal have not made reasonable efforts to abridge the transcript of the proceedings so that only those portions as may be reasonably necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined are filed with the Court, the Court may make any order that it deems appropriate in the circumstances.

(12) When the transcript of the proceedings has been prepared as requested, the court reporter shall forthwith forward the original transcript and three copies, together with the original file, to the Registrar and shall make arrangements for the delivery of copies to the parties to the appeal, or their counsel. The Attorney General shall, in the case of a prisoner appeal, be responsible for service of the transcript on the parties to the appeal.

(13) The Registrar shall, on receipt of the original transcript and copies, notify the parties that the transcript has been received by the Court.