Court Proceedings in Alberta Are Severely Restricted due to Covid-19

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has announced that it is limiting hearings to emergency or urgent matters only. Emergency matters are those in which serious consequences to persons or harm to property may arise if the hearing does not proceed, or if there is a risk of loss of jurisdiction or expiration of an existing protection or restraining order. For full details, go to https://www.albertacourts.ca.

The Provincial Court of Alberta has also announced closures. Effective March 17, 2020, all Traffic Courts in Alberta will be closed.

In other areas, the Provincial Court is limiting all regular operations effective March 17, 2020. Civil matters, with the exception of pretrial conferences and case management, that are set to proceed before May 22, 2020 will be adjourned indefinitely. Pre-Trial Conferences and Case Management will be conducted by telephone.

Non-urgent family matters set to be heard after March 17, 2020 will be adjourned for ten weeks from the scheduled court date.

Criminal and Youth Criminal matters are also affected.

For full details regarding Provincial Court matters, go to https://www.albertacourts.ca.