APPELLANT’S REPLY COVER PAGE INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed) Last Updated: December 20, 2023
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1	Double click on REQUIRED grey text fields, delete text and then enter information or enter text where there are instructions. .
2	Enter Court of Appeal case number example: CA12345 If more than one case is being heard together: enter only the case number applicable to the party, case and court record being filed.
3	Enter appellant and respondent’s names below in exactly the same order and format as the Notice of Appeal or Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal unless the Court of Appeal has ordered changes to the style of proceedings.
4	Enter Sealing Order, Publication Ban or Anonymity Order (if any) referencing legislative provision (or inherent jurisdiction) that authorises the order or ban and the order or ban’s precise terms. If none exist, remove placeholder on cover page template.
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COURT OF APPEAL FILE NO. Enter CA file number: example CA12345

Enter Name of First Appellant vs. Name of First Respondent

Appellant’s Reply

COURT OF APPEAL

ON APPEAL FROM the order of Enter the name of the judge of the Enter the court or tribunal where the order being appealed was made, e.g. Supreme Court of B.C. pronounced on the Enter the date on which the order being appealed was made

BETWEEN:

Enter name(s) of appellant(s) here

APPELLANT(S)

Enter role in the lower court or tribunal e.g. (Plantiff)

AND:

Enter name(s) of respondent(s) here

RESPONDENT(S)

Enter role in the lower court or tribunal e.g. (Defendant)

Publication Ban or Anonymity Order (if any) : Enter legislative provision (or inherent jurisdiction) and terms.

Sealing Order (if any): Enter legislative provision (or inherent jurisdiction) and terms

APPELLANT’S REPLY

[Enter Name of Filing Appellant]

Enter Name of Appellant	Enter Name of Respondent
Enter Name of Appellant's counsel, if any	Enter Name of Respondent's counsel, if any
Enter Address of appellant or, if the appellant is represented, name and address of the appellant's law firm] Telephone: enter appellant's or lawyer's E-mail: enter appellant's or lawyer's Enter parties role e.g. Counsel for Appellant	Enter Address of respondent or, if the respondent is represented, name and address of the respondent's law firm Telephone: enter appellant's or lawyer's E-mail: enter appellant's or lawyer's Enter parties role e.g. Counsel for Appellant

TABLE OF CONTENTS INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS	3

APPELANT’S REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S FACTUM ON APPEAL	4

APPENDICES: LIST OF AUTHORITIES	5

APPENDICES: ENACTMENTS	6

APPELANT’S REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S FACTUM ON APPEAL

REPLY INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
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1	Page maximum: Reply (not including appendices) - 5 pages
2	Reply submitted should respond to points raised in the respondent’s factum on appeal that the appellant could not have reasonably addressed in the appellant’s factum.
3	Consecutive paragraph numbering begins in reply.
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Example: Throughout it’s factum the respondent …

Example: The respondent, contrary to its claim …

Example Footnote: The s. 4(1)(a) requirements are met if, assuming the pleadings to be true, it is not clear and obvious that the claims have no chance of success.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

Dated at the City of Enter location, Province of British Columbia, this Enter month Enter day of Enter year.

Name of lawyer or party authorizing filing of this Reply

Appellant

APPENDICES: LIST OF AUTHORITIES

AUTHORITIES INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
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1	Authorities (case law, legal textbooks etc.) referred to in the factum must be listed in alphabetical order.
2	Authorities must be cited. Please follow Citation of Authorities (Civil & Criminal Practice Directive, 30 May 2013.
3	Add the page or paragraph number of the authority where it is located in the factum.
4	Please use the factum COMPLETION INSTRUCTIONS to ensure the factum (paper and electronic) is filed or submitted in the correct format.
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Authorities	Page # in factum	Para # in factum
Alexander v. Bertram and Ford Credit Canada Ltd. (2000), 72 B.C.L.R. 3(d) 66 (S.C.)	2	3
D.R. Fraser & Co. v. M.N.R., [1949] A.C. 24	10	13

APPENDICES: ENACTMENTS

ENACTMENTS INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
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1	The appendix is used for enactments (i.e., acts or regulations) only. No other documents may be added.
2	Copy and paste any enactments which you rely on in “Part 3 - Argument” of the factum or;
3	Optional: Create a separate volume with the same cover (including colour) and same formatting as the factum. File with the Registry with the factum at the same time. (include with electronic factum).
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Example:

LIMITATION ACT

[SBC 2012] CHAPTER 13

Non-judicial remedies

27	(1) In this section, "non-judicial remedy" means a remedy that a person	is entitled, by law or by contract, to exercise in respect of a claim without	court proceedings.

(2) If a claimant is prevented from commencing a court proceeding in	relation to a claim as a result of the expiry of a limitation period under this	Act, the claimant is not entitled to exercise against the person against	whom the claim is or may be made, or against any other person, any non-j	udicial remedy that the claimant would, but for this section, be entitled to	exercise in relation to the claim.

Adverse possession

28	(1) Except as specifically provided by this or any other Act, no right or title	in or to land may be acquired by adverse possession.

(2) Nothing in this Act interferes with any right or title to land acquired by	adverse possession before July 1, 1975.

Hollick v. Toronto (City), 2001 SCC 68 at para. 25.