Alberta

On this Alberta Provincial Court webpage you will find pages that sets out the Civil Claims Process. The content has been ordered based on the flow that a Civil Claim action goes through in Provincial Court Civil.

This booklet provides information on the rules and regulations enacted by cities and provincial law with regard to tickets and fines.

You have been charged with a traffic offense. Now what? This Student Legal Services booklet answers this question and more.

Legal education publications on this site cover the following topics: assault, parole, possession of controlled drugs and substance, criminal trials, driver’s license suspensions, guilty pleas and sentencing, and impaired driving.

This page on the Alberta Provincial Court website provides links to information on alternatives to going to court, where to find help with court forms, court procedure, or finding the law, court procedures and protocols,and general information on criminal, family, youth, traffic, and civil courts.

In Alberta if you feel you weren’t treated fairly during the criminal justice process, you can send a complaint to any of the organizations involved. Visit this Alberta Justice page to find contact information for filing complaints with provincial and federal services.about a specific organization.

The goal of Reading and Understanding Case Reports is to equip self represented litigants with the necessary understanding to read a reported court decision – a “case report” – when conducting legal research and preparing to present your own case to a court.

This primer, “Navigating the Justice System: A Guide for Self-Represented Litigants with Disabilities” is designed for people seeking justice system accommodations for a recognized disability, either physical or cognitive. The Primer is meant to be a practical legal guide to accommodation requests. This resource includes (often hard-to-find) sources for accommodation information, and registering complaints about failures to accommodate, in every province and territory (including email addresses, phone numbers, and web addresses).”

Part of the Alberta Court Services is access to the Alberta Law Libraries. The primary mission of Alberta Law Libraries is to facilitate access to legal information for the Alberta community, including its judiciary, lawyers, citizens, libraries and government agencies. Alberta Law Libraries (ALL) were formed in 2009 when Alberta Court Libraries and Alberta Law Society Libraries were amalgamated. ALL has served the legal community in Alberta since 1885 and use of our collections is free to all who visit our libraries.

The Consumer Bill of Rights outlines the protections that consumers have when buying goods or signing contracts.

On this webpage the Canada Revenue Agency provides information and helpful resources for Canadians on various consumer scams and fraudulent schemes. Learn more about:

1. Know how to recognize a scam
2. How to protect yourself from identity theft
3. Have you been a victim?
4. Scam stories
5. External resources
6. Print-ready posters and handout for service providers

Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association was established in 1989 as the Alberta Community Police Advisory Committee by provincial Police Services as a means to discuss mutual crime related issues within communities/police/government. In 1990 it became the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA). ACCPA’s goal is to ensure safety to Albertans and their communities through education and crime prevention awareness.