Notices to the Profession and Public Archive

Changes to scheduling of criminal appeals that must be heard by a three-judge panel

Jun 27, 2016

Effective September 1, 2016, all applications in criminal appeals that must be heard by a three-judge panel of the Court will be scheduled and heard along with sentence appeals on the days regularly scheduled for sentence appeals.

Applications in civil appeals that must be heard by a three-judge panel will continue to be heard on the regularly scheduled panel application days.

Litigants who have any questions about the procedure may contact the Case Management Officers in Edmonton or Calgary.

The Notice to the Profession of June 16, 2016 is repealed.

Catherine A. Fraser
Fraser, C.J.A.

NOTE: A copy of the Consolidated Practice Directions and Practice Notes can be found on the Alberta Courts= website at https://albertacourts.ca under 'Court of Appeal' and 'Publications'.

Certain precedents, checklists and forms can also be found on the Alberta Courts’ website. As these documents are revised from time to time, please refer to the website for the most recent version