News & Announcements

Effective immediately, counsel and litigants will be able to access real-time availability for Masters Chambers, Civil Justice Chambers and Family Docket Court. Currently, this applies to Calgary and Edmonton only.

Urgent Requests and FDC Bypass Requests in the Judicial Centres of Calgary and Edmonton now require a completed copy of the Urgent / FDC Bypass Request Form to be submitted at the time of making the request. Urgent Requests, for the purposes of this form, are defined as matters that require a hearing or Judicial response within 48 hours of submitting this request. For further details, please refer to the full announcement, as well as the Emergency/Urgent Request webpage.

The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has introduced a document-based review process – SafeRoads Alberta Accelerated Review Procedure [SAARP] – to deal with judicial review applications of decisions issued by SafeRoads Alberta Tribunal, which conducts reviews of “Notices of Administrative Penalty,” pursuant to the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c T-6, and the SafeRoads Alberta Regulation, Alta Reg 224/2020, as enabled by the Provincial Administrative Penalties Act, SA 2020, c P-30.8.

Court of Queen's Bench Administration has extended the cap on email filing fees until September 30, 2021. In addition to regular filing fees, documents that are filed via email will be charged at the rate of $1 per page, capped to a maximum of $20.

Access to all courthouses in Alberta will continue to be restricted, and Mask requirements will continue to apply. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

The Court of Queen’s Bench will continue to take a cautious approach to the resumption of operations as they were being conducted prior to March, 2020. Over the months of July and August, 2021, steps will continue to be taken to minimize traffic at courthouses as much as possible. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

Judicial Dispute Resolution Booking Procedures: Calgary & Edmonton Fall Term (September – December 2021)

A profile on The Honourable Justice Kent Davidson, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta

A Retirement Profile of the Honourable Justice Adèle Kent.

It has been determined that the Court of Queen’s Bench will return to operations as they were being conducted prior to Master Order 5, which expires on May 28, 2021. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.