News & Announcements

A profile on The Honourable Justice Anna Loparco, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.

On April 6, 2021, the Province of Alberta and the Chief Medical Officer of Health put in place additional measures to protect the health system and to reduce the rising spread of COVID-19. The Court will hear all matters currently booked, but will continue its efforts to minimize traffic at all courthouses.

On April 12, 2021, a new online search portal will be launched, allowing Albertans to submit a search request for civil actions in any Court of Queen's Bench location and receive the results by email. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

There will be a virtual Family Town Hall Meeting for members of the Bar on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 12:30 pm in both Edmonton and Calgary.

On behalf of the Alberta judiciary, we applaud the lawyers and law students for their bravery in sharing their experiences of racial discrimination as part of the “My Experience” Project. The experiences related contain uncomfortable but compelling truths. They put a face on bias, unconscious or otherwise, and the harmful consequences flowing from it. And they bring home to the judiciary the leadership role we must play to ensure that the justice system in this province mirrors the fair and equal treatment of all so vital to our democracy.

Effective immediately, if you wish to serve a commencement document in a foreign country that is a Contracting State to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters, you must comply with the Hague Service Convention requirements. New reference material, including forms and instruction booklets have been made available on the Court site. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

In order to facilitate the more timely processing of draft Orders submitted to the Court via email, counsel and parties are asked to send draft Orders in .doc or docx (ie., Microsoft Word) format in Justice Chambers and Family Chambers, and PDF format in Masters' Chambers. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

A Criminal Appearance Court (CAC) Adjournment Form is now available for Counsel and Court use. For further details, please refer to the full announcement.

A profile on The Honourable Justice Tamara Friesen, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.

Amendments to the Divorce Act (Canada) will come into force on March 1, 2021. Forms previously in use will not be accepted for filing after February 26, 2021. See full announcement for more information.