Alberta civil procedure
How long are Alberta lawyer charges available for account review?
Review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent. Establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
- Period
- Review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent
- Trigger
- The account being sent to the client
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)
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Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary. The unresolved completion facts are the account being sent to the client and the source-qualified route to establish an available charges-review route before the source limit.
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How long are Alberta lawyer charges available for account review?
Review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent. Establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
Responsible actor. The lawyer or client requesting review of charges.
The account being sent to the client.
Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the account being sent to the client.
- Establish an available charges-review route before the source limit.
- The review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the account being sent to the client. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
- The charges review availability limit concerns establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule.
The review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the account being sent to the client. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
The charges review availability limit concerns establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary. The unresolved completion facts are the account being sent to the client and the source-qualified route to establish an available charges-review route before the source limit.
The lawyer or client requesting review of charges establishes the account being sent to the client. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary. Review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent. Establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for establish an available charges-review route before the source limit meets a holiday or closed office. The charges review availability limit concerns establish an available charges-review route before the source limit. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule. Establish the precise charges review availability limit and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
The client paid much later than the account was sent. Payment does not supply the ordinary source anchor. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2) with the changed facts. Review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
- Source interval and calendar
- The review is unavailable if 1 year has passed after the account was sent interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the account being sent to the client. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
- Actor and completion
- The lawyer or client requesting review of charges. Establish an available charges-review route before the source limit.
- Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
- The actor is the lawyer or client requesting review of charges. The event is the account being sent to the client. The boundary is charges review availability limit. Rule 10.10(2) permits lawyer or client requests but uses the account-sending event. Payment, the end of the retainer and appointment booking do not automatically establish the same boundary.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How long are Alberta lawyer charges available for account review?
Who may request account review?
Rule 10.10(2) identifies both the lawyer and client.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Does payment start the year?
No. The provision uses the account being sent to the client.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Does retainer termination start this account branch?
No. That event belongs to the separate agreement-review paragraph(1).
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Can appointment booking alone be treated as completed review?
The rule states that charges may not be reviewed after the period. Establish what completes the applicable review route.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Does every account share one date?
Identify the actual account being reviewed and its sending event.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)What source record should be retained?
The account, evidence of sending to the client and the actual review request or appointment documents.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 10.10(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Rules of Court, rules 13.2 to 13.5 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Interpretation Act, section 22 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |