Alberta civil procedure
How far before hearing must an Alberta formal offer be served?
10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
- Period
- 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins
- Trigger
- The actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)
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Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline. The unresolved completion facts are the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing and the source-qualified route to serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer.
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How far before hearing must an Alberta formal offer be served?
10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
Responsible actor. A party choosing to make a formal settlement offer.
The actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing.
Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing.
- Serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer.
- For serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
- The required spacing for serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer runs before the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later.
For serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
The required spacing for serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer runs before the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline. The unresolved completion facts are the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing and the source-qualified route to serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer.
A party choosing to make a formal settlement offer establishes the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline. 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer meets a holiday or closed office. The required spacing for serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer runs before the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later. Establish the precise minimum formal offer service spacing and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
The offer was made before the commencement document was filed or does not meet the required Form 22 content. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2) with the changed facts. 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
- Source interval and calendar
- For serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 10 days or more before the applicable hearing begins. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
- Actor and completion
- A party choosing to make a formal settlement offer. Serve a qualifying Form 22 formal offer.
- Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
- The actor is a party choosing to make a formal settlement offer. The event is the actual trial, streamlined trial or application hearing. The boundary is minimum formal offer service spacing. Rule 4.24 requires service after the relevant commencement document is filed and the specified minimum spacing. Form 22 terms and notice matter. An optional offer is not a mandatory final filing deadline.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How far before hearing must an Alberta formal offer be served?
Must every party make a formal offer?
No. Rule 4.24 provides an optional settlement-offer procedure.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Does the source cover streamlined trials?
Yes. It includes streamlined trial, trial and application proceedings.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Can an offer be made before commencement?
The paragraph(1) route follows filing of the qualifying commencement document.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Does an informal proposal satisfy Form 22 automatically?
No. Paragraph(2) prescribes the form and the offer’s required content.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)What completion act supplies this boundary?
Service of the formal offer, not merely its signature or filing date.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Is this also the offer’s expiry date?
No. Paragraph(3) separately governs the period it remains open for acceptance.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 4.24(1) and (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 |