Criminal Appeal Rules — 16
16 (1) Except in an inmate appeal, all parties to an appeal and persons who have been granted the right to be heard shall deliver a factum, to be entitled and described on its cover as “Appellant’s Factum”, “Respondent’s Factum” or as the case may be. Factum to be signed and dated (2) A factum shall be signed by counsel or on counsel’s behalf by someone specifically authorized to do so, or by the appellant or respondent if he or she has no counsel, and the signature shall be followed by the typed name of counsel, if any, and the date. Contents of appellant’s factum (3) Except in an appeal from sentence only, the appellant’s factum shall consist of, (a) Part I, with the caption “Statement of the Case”, and containing a statement identifying the appellant and the court appealed from, the nature of the charge or charges, the result in that court, and whether the appeal is from conviction, conviction and sentence, acquittal or other disposition; (b) Part II, with the caption “Summary of the Facts”, and containing a concise summary of the facts relevant to the issues on the appeal, with such reference to the transcript of evidence by page and line as is necessary; (c) Part III, with the caption “Issues and Law”, and containing a statement of each issue raised, immediately followed by a concise statement of the law and authorities relating to that issue; (d) Part IV, with the caption “Order Requested”, and containing a statement of the order that the court will be asked to make; (e) Schedule A, with the caption “Authorities to be Cited”, and containing a list of the authorities referred to, with citations, in the order in which they appear in Part III or in alphabetical order; and (f) Schedule B, with the caption “Relevant Legislative Provisions” setting out the text of all relevant statutes except any provisions from the Code and the Young Offenders Act (Canada). Contents of respondent’s factum (4) The respondent’s factum shall consist of, (a) Part I, with the caption “Respondent’s Statement as to Facts”, containing a statement of the facts in Part II of the appellant’s factum that the respondent accepts as correct or substantially correct and those facts with which the respondent disagrees and a concise summary of any additional facts relied on, with such reference to the transcript of evidence by page and line as is necessary; (b) Part II, with the caption “Response to Appellant’s Issues”, and containing the position of the respondent with respect to each issue raised by the appellant, immediately followed by a concise statement of the law and the authorities relating to that issue; (c) Part III, with the caption “Additional Issues”, and containing a statement of any additional issues raised by the respondent, immediately followed by a concise statement of the law and the authorities relating to that issue; (d) Part IV, with the caption “Order Requested”, and containing a statement of the order that the court will be asked to make; (e) Schedule A, with the caption “Authorities to be Cited”, and containing a list of the authorities referred to, with citations, in the order in which they appear in Parts II and III or in alphabetical order; (f) Schedule B, with the caption “Relevant Legislative Provisions” setting out the text of all relevant statutes except any provisions from the Code and the Young Offenders Act (Canada). Length of factum (5) Unless ordered by the Registrar or a judge, the factum, excluding the schedules, shall not exceed thirty pages in length. Form of factum (6) The appellant’s factum shall be bound front and back in blue cover stock and the respondent’s factum shall be bound front and back in green cover stock. (7) The factum shall be printed on good quality white paper 216 millimetres by 279 millimetres in size and the text shall be printed, typewritten, written or reproduced legibly on one side only with double spaces between the lines, except for quotations which may be single spaced, and margins of approxim