In 2020, the City of Calgary introduced a requirement that people wanting to use their property as a short-term rental had to obtain a business licence from the City.

Announcements from the federal government in with respect to the financial aid available in response to the COVID-19 crisis have become a near daily occurrence.

In Vandal v Cousineau the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a decision to void a purported contract for uncertainty and refused to rely on contextual factors to resolve the deficiencies in the written document.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently ruled in Attree v Waye, 2022 ONSC 4195, that Plaintiffs are not required to disclose particulars of prior settlements.

Trotter and Morton Limited v Biegel, 2024 ABCA 312 is a case of interest with respect to what factual issues can be dealt with on summary judgment versus what requires a trial.

On March 27, 2023, new amendments to the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Regulation came into force (the "Amendments"). These Amendments were announced...

In Lewandowska v Vander Woude, 2019 ABPC 115, the Plaintiff slipped and fell on the sidewalk adjacent to our clients' property.

In D'Andrea v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2022 ABCA 337, an insurance company, Economical, appealed a trial decision that awarded the insured plaintiff (the "Insured")...

For years there has been a question on the issue of Condominium's collecting condo fees on a caveat that was filed more than two years prior to a foreclosure action filed to collect those fees.

This post will address when force majeure clauses can be invoked and main considerations for business owners during this uncertain time.

Bill 47, which upon proclamation, will become the Automobile Insurance Act (the "Act"), was introduced in the First Session of Alberta's 31st Legislature in 2025

The Alberta Human Rights Commission decision of Susan Cush v Condominium Corporation No. 7510322 o/a Renfrew House recently confirmed the Human Rights Act and the Condominium Property Act...

When an Umpire renders a decision under s. 519 of the Insurance Act, RSA 2000, c I-3, his or her decision is subject to judicial review by a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench.

Limitation periods are a public interest consideration in the legal system which seeks to weigh a person's right to sue with a person's right not to have potential legal claims held over them indefinitely.

The recent decision of the Alberta Human Rights Commission in Engel v The Owners: Condominium Corporation Plan No. 9023695 o/a Glenora Manor ("Glenora Manor") serves as a cautionary tale...

yers (John, McDougall, Dionne Levesque, Stuart Gray)

In June 2024, the Alberta Court of King's Bench issued the decision Hawreschuk v The Owners: Condominium Plan No. 782 2678. The written decision is notable in that the presiding Justice Whitling...

When a company first becomes aware of financial irregularities in its business, the first reaction is usually to get to the bottom of the concerns.

On March 12, 2019, the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta announced that it will lift the suspension of the ADR/JDR Rules on a one-year pilot project basis.

In our last article - Mitigating the Company's Risk After an Employee Fraud - we discussed a few of the steps a company should take to preserve evidence, protect its position pending litigation, as well as some costs and benefits ...