Parties
36.31 Parties
Each party to the proceeding in the court appealed from who may be affected by the relief sought in a notice of appeal, or who might be interested in maintaining the judgment under appeal, must be joined as an appellant or respondent to the appeal.
A person must not be named as an appellant without the person’s consent.
If the relief sought in a cross‑appeal might affect a person not a party to the appeal, the person must be joined as a respondent to the cross‑appeal.
A person who is not a party to an appeal or a cross‑appeal, but is a person mentioned in subrule (1) or (3), may apply to the Court to be joined as a party.
The Court may order the addition or removal of any person as a party to the appeal.
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