Alberta civil procedure
When must an Alberta party respond to a written demand for particulars?
Application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
- Period
- Application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days
- Trigger
- Service of the request for particulars
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)
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Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request. The unresolved completion facts are service of the request for particulars and the source-qualified route to assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order.
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When must an Alberta party respond to a written demand for particulars?
Application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
Responsible actor. The party requesting particulars.
Service of the request for particulars.
Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify service of the request for particulars.
- Assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order.
- For assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
- Check the actual completion for assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days.
For assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
Check the actual completion for assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request. The unresolved completion facts are service of the request for particulars and the source-qualified route to assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order.
The party requesting particulars establishes service of the request for particulars. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request. Application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order meets a holiday or closed office. Check the actual completion for assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Establish the precise conditional application eligibility and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
A sufficient response arrived within the interval, so the stated application premise does not hold. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2) with the changed facts. Application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
- Source interval and calendar
- For assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states application eligibility after insufficient response within 10 days. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
- Actor and completion
- The party requesting particulars. Assess sufficient response before applying for a particulars order.
- Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
- The actor is the party requesting particulars. The event is service of the request for particulars. The boundary is conditional application eligibility. Rule 3.61 gives the requesting party a conditional application right. It does not itself set a sanction-backed ten-day filing deadline for the recipient. Pleading deadlines continue despite the request.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must an Alberta party respond to a written demand for particulars?
Is this automatically the recipient’s final response deadline?
Rule 3.61(2) frames the interval as a condition for the requesting party to apply when a sufficient response has not arrived.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)Does the request suspend the defence deadline?
No. Paragraph(4) preserves filing and service obligations despite the request, subject to an order.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)What starts the ten-day assessment interval?
The date the request for particulars was served.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)Who can request particulars?
Rule 3.61(1) allows a party served with a pleading to request particulars from the party who served it.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)What must an eventual particulars order specify?
Paragraph(3) requires the Court to specify the compliance time.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)Does merely waiting ten days create a court order?
No. The requesting party must apply and obtain the required order.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.61(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 |