After it became a province, Alberta established a new court system. Under the Supreme Court Act of 1907, a new Supreme Court of Alberta would hear the most serious criminal and civil matters. In 1919, the Court was divided into a Trial Division, which heard legal cases all across the province, and an Appellate Division, which sat in Calgary or Edmonton to hear only appeals from other courts. With the passage of Court of Queen’s Bench Act and the Court of Appeal Act in 1978, the Trial Division merged into the Court of Queen’s Bench, and the Appellate Division became the Court of Appeal.
After it became a province, Alberta established a new court system. Under the Supreme Court Act of 1907, a new Supreme Court of Alberta would hear the most serious criminal and civil matters. In 1919, the Court was divided into a Trial Division, which heard legal cases all across the province, and an Appellate Division, which sat in Calgary or Edmonton to hear only appeals from other courts. With the passage of Court of Queen’s Bench Act and the Court of Appeal Act in 1978, the Trial Division merged into the Court of Queen’s Bench, and the Appellate Division became the Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court Act, Statutes of Alberta, 1907, c. 3