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SUPREME COURT RULES 2000 (S.R. 2000, NO. 8) - REG 668

Appeal books
(1)  An appeal book is to be printed or produced by a process that gives uniform facsimile pages of clear and legible type.
(2)  A copy of the transcript of the proceedings to which an appeal relates that is prepared by photocopying may be contained in the appeal book.
(3)  A volume of an appeal book –
(a) is not to be more than 40 millimetres thick; and
(b) if it contains a copy of a transcript prepared by photocopying, is to have every tenth line on each page numbered in the margin; and
(c) is to be fastened or bound in a manner approved by the Principal Registrar.
(4)  The title pages of an appeal book are to give –
(a) the full and correct title of the appeal; and
(b) the names of the solicitors for each party and the name of the practitioner who has carriage of the appeal for the appellant and for the respondent; and
(c) each party's address for service.
(5)  After the title page of an appeal book there is to be an index containing the following:
(a) a complete list of the documents as settled and witnesses, referring to the appropriate page of the appeal book;
(b) the date of each document and the exhibit mark of any exhibit;
(c) any exhibits arranged in the order in which they have been lettered or numbered.
(6)  Each document in an appeal book is to –
(a) be on folio A4 paper of good and durable quality capable of receiving writing in ink; and
(b) be on one side only of the paper, with a margin of 6 millimetres on the left-hand side of each page; and
(c) be numbered on each page; and
(d) bear the number allotted to it in the index on each page.
(7)  The documents are to be arranged in an appeal book in the following order:
(a) process and pleadings;
(b) evidence, either oral or by affidavit;
(c) exhibits;
(d) reasons for judgment;
(e) formal judgment appealed from;
(f) notice of appeal and any notice of cross-appeal;
(g) the certificate referred to in subrule (9) .
(8)  The appellant is to cause a copy of an appeal book to be examined with the original documents in the proceeding.
(9)  The examined copy of an appeal book is to bear a certificate by the appellant or the solicitors for the appellant that the book has been examined and is correct.
(10)  An appeal book is to be prepared and produced in a manner satisfactory to the Principal Registrar.
(11)  The costs of an appeal book are costs in the appeal unless the Full Court otherwise orders.



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