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Judicial Dispute Resolution Booking Procedures
Calgary & Edmonton
Fall Term (September – December 2022)

The following procedures will apply for this purpose, as follows:

1. The list of available dates and assigned JDR Justices for EDMONTON and CALGARY have now been posted on this web site. 
2. No bookings will be permitted until 7:30 am on June 22, 2022.
3. Bookings must:

   
   (a) be made by completing, in full, the JDR Booking Request Form, which is located on the Alberta Courts Website Courts Website
   
   **Please note that all fields on the form are mandatory. As such, if the form is not completed in full, it cannot be submitted**
   
   (b) be submitted via e-mail to JDRBookingsEdmonton@albertacourts.ca and the attached request form must relate to one JDR only.
   
   (c) please submit your request only on the date in which your priority falls under.
   

4. There are 2 (TWO) booking priorities for the Fall 2022 JDR Calendar, as outlined below:
   • Starting at 7:30 AM on June 22, 2022, for the first 48 hours - Family Law or Civil matters that have an Order directing the matter be scheduled for a JDR. The filed Order must be submitted with the booking request
   • Starting at 7:30 a.m. on June 24, 2022, any Family Law matter (Form 37 not required) or Civil matter that is ready for trial (with a filed or unfiled form 37 attached - duly executed by all parties). Please refer to NPP#2019-03.

     Note: Please indicate in your “SUBJECT” line upon which priority(ies) you will be relying and a brief Style of Cause and action number.

5. Forms received prior to the 7:30am booking start time will not be considered and may be deleted. The JDR Coordinator will be in touch with booking parties within 3 weeks after booking commences to advise you of whether and when your matter has been booked, so please provide all contact information in your booking form.
6. If you have any questions relating to Calgary and Edmonton JDRs, address them to:  JDRBookingsEdmonton@albertacourts.ca