Canada · Manitoba appeal procedures
When must I serve a Manitoba Court of Appeal appeal book?
Serve every other party within five days after filing the appeal book under Rule 25. Check the distinct no-transcript procedure and effective service.
- Period
- 5 days after the established event
- Trigger
- Actual filing of the appeal book
- Rule
- Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25
Official bilingual Court of Appeal Rules accessed October 8, 2026, current November 19, 2025 through October 6, 2026, last amendment M.R. 105/2025. Read with the current January 13, 2026 Consolidated Practice Direction, January 12 electronic-copy direction and April 1 registry notice effective April 20 until further notice. The official Interpretation Act is current through October 6, 2026.
Source guide · No automated date
Check the applicable procedure
Manitoba Court of Appeal civil procedure. Source guide requiring the actual combined procedural and counting facts. No computed or paid date. The transcript-required track has separate appeal-book filing and service periods. The no-transcript track instead combines filing and service in the Rule 28 period.
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When must I serve a Manitoba Court of Appeal appeal book?
Serve every other party within five days after filing the appeal book under Rule 25. Check the distinct no-transcript procedure and effective service.
Responsible actor. The appellant who filed an appeal book on the transcript track.
Establish actual filing of the appeal book.
The transcript-required track has separate appeal-book filing and service periods. The no-transcript track instead combines filing and service in the Rule 28 period.
Manitoba Court of Appeal civil procedure. Source guide requiring the actual combined procedural and counting facts. No computed or paid date.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25How does this provision count time?
- Identify the actual applicable rule, actor and procedural branch.
- Establish the operative event from the actual filing, service, notice or order.
- Apply the correct counting source and each required act’s final-day boundary.
- Complete the actual required filing, service, document, security or hearing-setting steps.
Exclude the specified event date under Interpretation Act section 22(4) and count consecutive days. The Court of Appeal Rules have no general short-period holiday exclusion. Section 22(3) separately excludes both event dates for true clear-day or minimum-between-events wording; establish that classification before using a backward notice cutoff.
Interpretation Act sections 23 and 24 separately address statutory holidays and closure of the actual place for an act. Saturday, Easter Monday and Civic Holiday are not listed section 23 holidays. The April 1, 2026 court notice, effective April 20 until further notice, closes the registry counter Wednesdays and weekends and accepts Wednesday filing on the next open registry day. That filing notice does not automatically extend separate interpartes service. Establish actual method, place, calendar and any additional closure.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Manitoba Court of Appeal civil procedure. Source guide requiring the actual combined procedural and counting facts. No computed or paid date. The transcript-required track has separate appeal-book filing and service periods. The no-transcript track instead combines filing and service in the Rule 28 period.
The appeal book is filed before a weekend and Thanksgiving. Count intermediate dates, then assess the actual final-day holiday and effective service separately. A registry counter closure does not establish an interpartes service extension. Establish the operative legal branch and the actual required acts before applying any numeric period. No usable or paid date is asserted for this source-guide scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Established procedural branch
- The transcript-required track has separate appeal-book filing and service periods. The no-transcript track instead combines filing and service in the Rule 28 period.
- Material boundary
- The appeal book is filed before a weekend and Thanksgiving. Count intermediate dates, then assess the actual final-day holiday and effective service separately. A registry counter closure does not establish an interpartes service extension.
- Actual variation
- Check the actual statute, order and any granted extension. Rule 42 permits court or judge variation except where the rules otherwise provide. Book and factum extensions have Rule 28.1 requirements. A requested extension is not a granted one.
- Actual final-day and completion facts
- Interpretation Act sections 23 and 24 separately address statutory holidays and closure of the actual place for an act. Saturday, Easter Monday and Civic Holiday are not listed section 23 holidays. The April 1, 2026 court notice, effective April 20 until further notice, closes the registry counter Wednesdays and weekends and accepts Wednesday filing on the next open registry day. That filing notice does not automatically extend separate interpartes service. Establish actual method, place, calendar and any additional closure.
- Manitoba Court of Appeal civil procedure. Source guide requiring the actual combined procedural and counting facts. No computed or paid date.
- The transcript-required track has separate appeal-book filing and service periods. The no-transcript track instead combines filing and service in the Rule 28 period.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must I serve a Manitoba Court of Appeal appeal book?
What starts this appeal book service deadline guide?
Actual filing of the appeal book. Preserve evidence of that actual event; another procedure’s trigger does not replace it.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25What action does this source guide require?
Serve each other party within five days after filing under Rule 25, subject to the separate no-transcript procedure.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25Does service have five working days?
Rule 25 says five days. The King’s Bench short-period exclusion is not stated for this appeal-document service act.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25Does the Wednesday counter closure extend service to another party?
The current notice expressly addresses filing with the Court of Appeal. It does not itself establish an extension for effective interpartes service.
Court of Appeal registry notice, April 1, 2026Who receives the appeal book?
Each other party to the appeal under Rule 25. Confirm effective service for every required recipient.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25Does the no-transcript track add five days after filing?
Rule 28(1)(a) instead requires the appeal book and appellant’s factum to be filed and served within the same 45-day period after notice filing.
Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25Official sources and review
Provisions used (9)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court of Appeal Rules, Man Reg 555/88 R, r 25 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act, C.C.S.M. c. I80, sections 2 and 22–24 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal Rules, M.R. 555/88 R, Rule 42 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal Consolidated Practice Direction, January 13, 2026, items 2 and 7 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal registry counter notice, April 1, 2026, effective April 20 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal electronic-document direction, January 12, 2026, page 1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal Rules, Rules 28.1 and 42 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act sections 23–24 and current Court of Appeal registry notice | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal registry notice, April 1, 2026 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |