CRIMINAL: APPELLANT’S REPLY COVER PAGE INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed) Last updated: December 20, 2023
Step	Action
1	Double click on REQUIRED grey text fields to enter and delete information.
2	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.
3	Enter Sealing Order, Publication Ban, or Anonymity Order (if any) referencing legislative provision (or inherent jurisdiction) that authorises the order or ban and precise terms.
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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:

REX

[Enter Appellant or Respondent]

AND:

Enter name(s) of party(ies)

[Enter Appellant or Respondent]

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 respondent's or lawyer's E-mail: enter respondent's or lawyer's Enter parties role e.g. Counsel for Respondent

TABLE OF CONTENTS INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
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1	This Table of Contents can be updated automatically. DO NOT enter text into Table of Contents. This MUST be updated BEFORE printing!
2	Optional: To view Table of Contents in side navigation pane: Click View tab, go to Show section and check Navigation Pane. Select heading in navigation pane to navigate throughout factum. To remove navigation pane: Click Navigation Pane check box to remove check mark.
3	When factum COMPLETED: To update the Table of Contents Click within the Table of Contents.
4	Select Update Table (found on the left top corner of the Table of Contents)
5	Select Update Entire Table and click OK. (page numbering and any headings you created with the Styles tab will be updated automatically in the Table of Contents)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS	3

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

LIST OF AUTHORITIES	5

APPENDIX: ENACTMENTS	6

APPELANT’S REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S FACTUM ON APPEAL

REPLY INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
Step	Action
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.
4	To add to paragraph numbering: Enter text and press enter after each paragraph to maintain auto-numbering. (1.5 line spacing and single space between paragraphs required – pre-set in template)
5	To delete numbering use backspace key.
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Example: Throughout its factum the respondent …

Example: The respondent, contrary to its claim …

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

LIST OF AUTHORITIES

AUTHORITIES INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
Step	Action
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, 18 July 2022.
3	Add the page or paragraph number of the authority where it is located in the factum.
4	Please use the factum checklists to ensure the factum (paper and electronic) is filed and 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

APPENDIX: ENACTMENTS

ENACTMENTS INSTRUCTIONS (please remove table when completed):
Step	Action
1	The appendix is used for enactments (i.e., acts or regulations) only.
2	Copy and paste only those sections or provisions which you rely on in “Part 3 - Argument” of the factum or;
3	Optional: Create a separate electronic file and paper volume for the enactments with the same cover stating it is enactments (including colour for paper filing) and same formatting as the factum. File the same time you e-file or file the paper factum.
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Example:

MOTOR VEHICLE ACT

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 318

Construction and maintenance vehicles

121 Despite section 120 (b), the driver of a vehicle referred to in that section must drive with due regard for safety, having regard to all the circumstances, including the nature, condition and use of the highway and the amount of traffic that is, or might reasonably be expected to be, on it.