Alberta civil procedure
When must an Alberta non-plaintiff provide the Court’s witness list?
20 days before trial. Provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
- Period
- 20 days before trial
- Trigger
- The actual trial date
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)
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Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements. The unresolved completion facts are the actual trial date and the source-qualified route to provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names.
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When must an Alberta non-plaintiff provide the Court’s witness list?
20 days before trial. Provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
Responsible actor. Each party other than the plaintiff.
The actual trial date.
Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the actual trial date.
- Provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names.
- For provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 20 days before trial. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
- The required spacing for provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names runs before the actual trial date. 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 provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 20 days before trial. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
The required spacing for provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names runs before the actual trial date. 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 8.8(7)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements. The unresolved completion facts are the actual trial date and the source-qualified route to provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names.
Each party other than the plaintiff establishes the actual trial date. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements. 20 days before trial. Provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names meets a holiday or closed office. The required spacing for provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names runs before the actual trial date. 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 court witness list and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
A party uses the plaintiff’s calendar-month branch for its non-plaintiff witness list. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7) with the changed facts. 20 days before trial cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
- Source interval and calendar
- For provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 20 days before trial. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
- Actor and completion
- Each party other than the plaintiff. Provide the Court with a list of witnesses’ names.
- Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
- The actor is each party other than the plaintiff. The event is the actual trial date. The boundary is court witness list. Rule 8.8(7) applies to other parties and their intended trial witnesses. The plaintiff’s one-month list and each witness’s notice and allowance are separate requirements.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must an Alberta non-plaintiff provide the Court’s witness list?
Who uses the twenty-day list branch?
Parties other than the plaintiff under rule 8.8(7).
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Where is the witness list provided?
To the Court, rather than merely to the witnesses.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Does filing a list secure a witness’s attendance?
The separate Form 40 attendance-notice requirements must be addressed when attendance is required.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Does the plaintiff use twenty days?
Paragraph(6) instead requires the plaintiff’s list one month before trial.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Are these twenty working days?
Rule 13.3 supplies ordinary calendar-day reckoning. Do not import another court’s business-day rule.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Must the list include intended witnesses?
Yes. Paragraph(7) concerns the witnesses that party intends to call at trial.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 8.8(7) | 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 |