News & Announcements

Following recent decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Barton and R. v. Goldfinch, the Court updated the Criminal Pre-Trial Conference Report (Form CC7) to include additional questions with respect to the admission of evidence under ss. 276 and 278 of the Criminal Code. Please use the updated CC7 Form on a go forward basis.

Effective October 1, 2019, Justices hearing Chambers applications will no longer refer matters to the Chief Justice or the Associate Chief Justice with a recommendation that the matter be placed under case management, unless case management is a requirement (for example, under Family Law Practice Note 8, civil jury trials and class action proceedings).

We are pleased to announce the dates of the swearing-in ceremonies of Justice Nicholas E. Devlin and Justice Johanna C. Price.

In order to better align the Court’s detention review process under s.525 of the Criminal Code with the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Myers, 2019 SCC 18, the Court of Queen’s Bench has amended its Criminal Forms CC4 and CC5.

A profile on the Honourable Justice Michael J. Lema, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.

Notice and agenda for the Criminal Practice Meeting, to be held in Calgary on September 23, 2019 at 12:30. All members of the bar who practice in this area are encouraged to attend.

In order to ensure that scheduled trial time is used efficiently and to avoid trial continuations, both of which strain already limited court resources, parties will not be provided a refund of the $600 trial entry fee at any time after paid for entering a trial, nor will the daily trial fee for scheduled trial days be refunded, on days where the trial does not sit. Refunds of the daily trial fee will only be provided when a trial settles in advance of the start date of the trial.

Further to the Court's Announcement of July 8, 2019, there continue to be dates available for both Family and Civil JDRs in the Fall 2019 session. Parties interested in booking a JDR are encouraged to contact the JDR Coordinators in Calgary or Edmonton.

A new Chief Justice, many new Judicial appointments, and a new “four pillars” approach to the work of the Court are the highlights of the Court of Queen’s Bench 2017-2018 year, as set out in the Court’s 2017-2018 Annual Report.

On June 5, 2019, the Court made dates available for the booking of Family and Civil JDRs in the Fall 2019 session in Calgary and Edmonton. All of the dates for Family JDRs are now booked, but there are still available dates for Civil JDRs in both Calgary and Edmonton in the Fall 2019 session. As of August 1, 2019, any remaining dates for Civil JDRs in Calgary and Edmonton will be made available for Family JDRs.