When must I appeal an associate judge’s decision in Manitoba?

File Form 62A and serve every affected party within 14 days after the order, decision or certificate is signed.

Responsible actor. A person affected by the associate judge, registrar or assessment officer’s decision.

Establish signing of the actual order, decision or certificate appealed from.

Signing controls this King’s Bench appeal. Court of Appeal filing, pronouncement and leave-order triggers belong to different procedures.

Manitoba Court of King’s Bench appeal to a judge. Established ordinary branch only, with the actual trigger, required act, effective service and no operative varying order. Unsupported final closures and material exceptions require separate review.

1. Identify the actual applicable rule, actor and procedural branch.
2. Establish the operative event from the actual filing, service, notice or order.
3. Apply the correct counting source and each required act’s final-day boundary.
4. Complete the actual required filing, service, document, security or hearing-setting steps.

Exclude the first event date and include the second under King’s Bench Rule 3.01(a), even where clear days or at least is used. A period shorter than seven days excludes Rule 1.03 holidays under Rule 3.01(b). A seven-day or longer period counts intermediate holidays.

King’s Bench Rules 1.03 and 3.01(c) define rule holidays and ordinarily carry an expiring act to the next nonholiday. The definition includes Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and Civic Holiday, with stated weekend substitutions. Rule 3.01(d) generally deems non-originating service after 5 p.m. or on a holiday to the next nonholiday. A backward minimum interval must still be preserved; do not assume a later shifted date satisfies it.

Fictitious example

Illustrative established event on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Signing of the actual order, decision or certificate appealed from. The event is effective, rather than proposed dispatch or informal knowledge. The applicable ordinary procedure, actor, recipients and effective method are established, with no actual varying order, granted extension, proclaimed holiday or additional closure.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.

Established procedural branch

Signing controls this King’s Bench appeal. Court of Appeal filing, pronouncement and leave-order triggers belong to different procedures.

Material boundary

The decision is pronounced October 5 but signed October 8. The 14 days start after October 8, not after pronouncement.

Actual variation

King’s Bench Rule 3.02 permits an actual court extension or abridgment, including a motion after expiry, and written consent for serving or filing documents. Establish actual relief; a request does not itself extend time.

Actual final-day and completion facts

King’s Bench Rules 1.03 and 3.01(c) define rule holidays and ordinarily carry an expiring act to the next nonholiday. The definition includes Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and Civic Holiday, with stated weekend substitutions. Rule 3.01(d) generally deems non-originating service after 5 p.m. or on a holiday to the next nonholiday. A backward minimum interval must still be preserved; do not assume a later shifted date satisfies it.

• Manitoba Court of King’s Bench appeal to a judge. Established ordinary branch only, with the actual trigger, required act, effective service and no operative varying order. Unsupported final closures and material exceptions require separate review.
• Signing controls this King’s Bench appeal. Court of Appeal filing, pronouncement and leave-order triggers belong to different procedures.

• File Form 62A at the administrative center holding the court file and serve every party whose interests may be affected.
• The decision is pronounced October 5 but signed October 8. The 14 days start after October 8, not after pronouncement.
• Check every actual direction, granted extension and required recipient.
• Retain the actual filing acceptance, service proof and operative notice or order separately.
• The decision is pronounced October 5 but signed October 8. The 14 days start after October 8, not after pronouncement. Establish the actual applicable branch separately. No alternative computed date is asserted.
• File Form 62A at the administrative center holding the court file and serve every party whose interests may be affected. Establish effective filing at the proper administrative center and service on the actual required recipients. Do not treat dispatch, informal notice or a proposed extension as completion.