Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

49 (1) Within 10 days after service of the motion, a respondent to the motion may respond to the motion by

• (a) serving a response on all moving parties and other respondents to the motion; and

• (b) filing with the Registrar the original and two copies of the response.

(2) The response shall consist of the following, in the following order:

• (a) if considered necessary by the respondent to the motion, a memorandum of argument in accordance with paragraph 25(1)(f), with any modifications that the circumstances require; and

• (b) the documents that the respondent intends to rely on, in chronological order, in accordance with subrule 25(3).

(3) Parts I to V of the memorandum of argument shall not exceed 10 pages.

(4) Despite subrule (1), in the case of a motion served and filed with an application for leave to appeal, with the exception of a motion to expedite, the response to the motion may be served and filed with the response to the application for leave to appeal.