Commencing September 27, 2022, the King's Bench Civil Filing
Digital Service (FDS) has expanded to include all Judicial Centres (Drumheller, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Medicine Hat, Peace River, St Paul, and
Wetaskiwin)
FDS allows lawyers and legal assistants to file a wide range of civil
documents not requiring fee waivers electronically, in all Judicial Centres
of the Court of King's Bench. Because
FDS requires the creation of an account, it is available to lawyers (and legal
assistants) and law firms only. This announcement does not apply to
filings made by self-represented litigants.
Effective November 1, 2022, use of the FDS filing
system will be mandatory for Counsel filing pleadings in civil
files in
all King's Bench locations in Alberta. A grace period of two weeks shall
be observed, until November 15, 2022, before use of FDS for filing these
materials will be strictly enforced. Please note that FDS cannot accommodate filings
for which payment is waived or from entities that do not currently pay a fee
(ie. fee waiver or Legal Aid Certificate, filings by Alberta Justice), and
therefore these filings will continue to be accepted by email. For a list of
all accepted document types, please visit KB Filing- Accepted
Document Types.
Lawyers and legal assistants using FDS must first
create an account, if you already have an account to any of
the King’s Bench Filing Digital Services, there is no need
to create a new one. Instructions for the creation of an account, accepted
document types, an overview of FDS, and an additional guide for lawyers and
legal assistants are available at the following link:
King's Bench Filing Digital Service