NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 1/11

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 1/11

Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986 (Amendment)
under the
Judicature Act

(Filed January 12, 2011)

Under the authority of section 55 of the Judicature Act, the Rules Committee of the Court of Appeal makes the following Rules.

Dated at St. John's, January 5, 2011.

Christopher P. Curran Q.C.
Registrar of the Supreme Court
Secretary, Rules Committee

REGULATIONS

Analysis

1. Rule 57.15 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986 is amended by adding immediately after rule (5) the following:

(6) Except where rule 57.09 or rule 57.14(4) applies, no reply factum to a respondent's factum shall be filed without the prior approval of the Chief Justice.

(7) Where approval is sought under rule (6), the applicant shall set out the reasons why it is appropriate to be allowed to file a reply including the reasons why it was not appropriate or convenient to have dealt with those matters in the applicant's original factum.