The Alberta Rules of Court require parties to an action before the Alberta Court of King s Bench to participate in some form of alternate dispute resolution process before they can attend trial.
Civil Practice Note 7, entitled “Vexatious Application/Proceeding Show Cause Procedure” (CPN 7), is a useful tool to manage hopeless litigation quickly and efficiently. Introduced in.
Civil Practice Note 7, entitled “Vexatious Application/Proceeding Show Cause Procedure” CPN 7, is a useful tool to manage hopeless litigation quickly and efficiently. Introduced in 2018, it is a summary procedure under Rule 3.68 of the Alberta Rules of Court that may be used to address a “claim, defence, action, application, or proceeding that appears on its face to be frivolous, vexatious, or otherwise an abuse of process.” It is intended as a “fair and proportionate mechanism to respond to apparently abusive litigation”.