Federal Courts Rules
Marginal note:Respondent’s record
310 (1) A respondent to an application shall, within 20 days after service of the applicant’s record, serve and file the respondent’s record.
Marginal note:Number of copies
(1.1) The respondent shall file
(a) if the application is brought in the Federal Court, an electronic copy of or three paper copies of the record; and
(b) if the application is brought in the Federal Court of Appeal, an electronic copy of or five paper copies of the record.
Marginal note:Contents of respondent’s record
(2) The record of a respondent shall contain, on consecutively numbered pages and in the following order,
(a) a table of contents giving the nature and date of each document in the record;
(b) each supporting affidavit and documentary exhibit;
(c) the transcript of any cross-examination on affidavits that the respondent has conducted;
(c.1) any material that has been certified by a tribunal and transmitted under Rule 318 that is to be used by the respondent at the hearing and that is not contained in the applicant’s record;
(d) the portions of any transcript of oral evidence before a tribunal that are to be used by the respondent at the hearing;
(e) a description of any physical exhibits to be used by the respondent at the hearing; and
(f) the respondent’s memorandum of fact and law.
Marginal note:Retention of original affidavits
(3) If an original affidavit is not filed as part of a respondent’s record, it shall be retained by the respondent for one year after the expiry of all appeal periods.
- SOR/2004-283, ss. 32, 33
- SOR/2010-177, s. 5
- SOR/2013-18, s. 9
- SOR/2015-21, s. 19
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