The Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules — 16.23
Bringing applications 16.23 (1) Subject to subrule 16.4(2), the applicant must (a) for an application to a single appeal judge, at least 10 days before the application is scheduled to be heard file 3 copies of an application and the other material required by subrule (2), (b) for an application to a panel of the Court, at least 20 days before the application is scheduled to be heard file 5 copies of an application and the other material required by subrule (2), and (c) within those same times, file and serve one additional copy of the application and other materials on every other party to the appeal. (2) Subject to rule 16.24 [ Application for permission to appeal ], the applicant must file and serve (a) an application in Form CRA-F that must (i) state briefly the grounds for the application, (ii) identify the material or evidence intended to be relied on, (iii) refer precisely to any applicable provision of an enactment or rule, and (iv) state the remedy sought, (b) any accompanying affidavit, if required, (c) other material to be relied on, even if previously filed, and (d) a memorandum of argument prepared in compliance with subrule 16.23(4). (3) The respondent to an application (a) to a single appeal judge must, at least 5 days before the application is scheduled to be heard, file (i) 3 copies of a reply memorandum of argument and any accompanying affidavit (if required) and any other materials to be relied on, or (ii) 3 copies of a letter indicating that no additional materials will be filed by the respondent. (b) to a panel of the Court must, at least 10 days before the application is scheduled to be heard, file (i) 5 copies of a reply memorandum of argument and any accompanying affidavit (if required) and any other materials to be relied on, or (ii) 5 copies of a letter indicating that no additional materials will be filed by the respondent, and (c) must within those same times, file and serve one additional copy of those materials on every other party to the appeal. (4) Memoranda filed on an application must be formatted as required by rule 16.18(1)(a) and (a) must not be longer than 10 pages on an application for permission to appeal and 5 pages for any other application, and (b) may in addition attach a chronology, where that is relevant to the application. (5) A respondent who fails to respond to an application or who elects not to file a memorandum in response to an application may not present oral argument at the hearing of the application unless the single appeal judge or the panel of the Court otherwise permits. (6) Unless otherwise permitted, (a) subject to paragraph (b), oral argument on an application, including a reply, before a single appeal judge or a panel of the Court may not exceed 15 minutes for each party to the application, (b) oral argument on an application for permission to appeal, including a reply, may not exceed 30 minutes for each party to the application, and (c) consolidated applications are to be treated as one application for the purpose of this rule. Information Note All of the materials should be filed simultaneously, unless the application must be filed first to preserve a time limit. If in urgent matters the applicant wishes to abridge the time limits, a case management officer should be consulted for directions.