The Court of Appeal Management System (CAMS) is currently offline for unscheduled maintenance. The Court is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. (Updates will be posted below.)
While CAMS is offline, the following measures will apply:
DEADLINES AND FORMATTING
Filing deadlines and formatting requirements have not changed. The Court’s Case Management Officers are available to consider requests for extensions, fiats and other administrative directions.
SUBMISSION AND FILING OF DOCUMENTS AND NEW APPEALS
Please submit documents, including transcripts, for filing via email to the appropriate Registry:
Calgary Registry – Calgary.Registry@albertacourts.ca
Edmonton Registry – Edmonton.Registry@albertacourts.ca
Filed copies will be returned by the Registry via email.
The electronic appeal file will be updated by the Registry while public access to CAMS is unavailable.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COURT
Communications from the Court will be sent to parties via email.
SCHEDULING HEARINGS
Single Judge Applications
Contact the Chambers Coordinator via email chambers.coordinator@albertacourts.ca or 403‑297-2206.
Appeal Hearings
Please contact the appropriate Case Management Officer:
Calgary - Laurie Baptiste - Laurie.Baptiste@albertacourts.ca
Edmonton - Bobbi Jo McDevitt - Bobbi.McDevitt@albertacourts.ca
QUESTIONS
For information on accessing filed documents, submitting larger documents or payment issues, contact the appropriate Registry:
Calgary Registry – Calgary.Registry@albertacourts.ca or 403-297-2206
Edmonton Registry – Edmonton.Registry@albertacourts.ca or 780-422-2416
For questions about new CAMS accounts and to request access to an appeal file, please email CAMSInquiries@albertacourts.ca.
Hearings are proceeding as usual.
As soon as public access is restored, an announcement will be posted on the Court of Appeal’s website.
Update—October 22
CAMS remains unavailable as unscheduled maintenance continues. This includes security updates to address vulnerabilities that have been identified globally in the software PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.
The Court of Appeal is working to restore secure public access as soon as possible. To date, there is no indication that any information has been compromised. The Court continues to monitor the situation and will provide updates as information becomes available.
Parties are advised to continue to follow the directions provided on October 21 until public access is restored.
Heidi Schubert, K.C.
Registrar, Court of Appeal of Alberta