Part 7 of the Rules of Court is devoted to the resolving claims without requiring a full trial. These rules provide litigants with various options to pursue for an expedited resolution of claims. This paper provides an overview of the rules in Part 7, outlines recent judicial consideration, and highlights practical and strategic application of those rules. In particular, the paper focuses on applications to resolve particular questions or issues (rule 7.1); applications for summary judgment (rules 7.2 and 7.3); and applications for judgment by way of summary trial (rule 7.5)

This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Rules of Court 2017 program held in Edmonton on April 6, 2017 and in Calgary on April 20, 2017.