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The respondent has 14 days from his or her receipt of your factum to file and serve you with his or her own factum. The respondent's factum is his or her argument against your position, and <span class="noglossary">will</span> also contain any additional arguments the respondent wants to make in support of his or her cross appeal. | The respondent has 14 days from his or her receipt of your factum to file and serve you with his or her own factum. The respondent's factum is his or her argument against your position, and <span class="noglossary">will</span> also contain any additional arguments the respondent wants to make in support of his or her cross appeal. | ||
===Filing the | ===Filing the certificate of readiness=== | ||
Within seven days of the time the respondent's factum is filed in court, you must file a | Within seven days of the time the respondent's factum is filed in court, you must file a certificate of readiness in Form 7 of the Court of Appeal forms. Your certificate is a statement that the appeal is ready to be heard and provides a time estimate of how long the hearing <span class="noglossary">will</span> take. | ||
===Preparing your | ===Preparing your book of authorities=== | ||
The day of your hearing is at hand. At this point, you must prepare a | The day of your hearing is at hand. At this point, you must prepare a book of authorities. This is a binder containing all of the case law and statutes that you are relying on in the argument you've set out in your factum. You should arrange the cases in the order that you set them out in the list of authorities in your factum. Make five copies. One copy is for you, another is for the respondent and the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> get the remaining three; you <span class="noglossary">will</span> give the court their copies on the day of the hearing of your appeal. | ||
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], March 24, 2013}} | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], March 24, 2013}} |