There is a certain irony in awarding costs against a bankrupt. After all, the defining feature of bankruptcy is that the debtor is, by definition, insolvent.

In Frog Lake First Nation v 2250657 Alberta Ltd, 2025 ABKB 206, the Honourable Justice Douglas R. Mah (Edmonton) clarified three things: what it means to have "commenced" an appeal...

In March of 2018, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Stefanyk v Sobeys Capital Incorporated, 2018 ABCA 125 (Stefanyk). The claim was for injuries suffered by a customer at a Sobeys store in Calgary after she was startled ..

The Appellant/Defendants appealed a damage award for a motor vehicle accident, specifically for loss of future income capacity.

When the polluter pays for the clean-up costs of a pipeline leak, can they then turn around and seek to recover these costs from the parties responsible for installing the pipeline decades before?

In Legare v Acme 2022 ABPC 54, the Provincial Court of Alberta determined the Village of Acme was liable to the Plaintiff resident homeowners for a sewage block that caused extensive damage ...

In Kapeluck v Two Girls And A Hammer Inc., 2022 ABQB 467, the Applicant ICF Plus Inc. ("ICF") successfully appealed a Master's decision denying ICF's application to file a third-party claim...

On December 1, 2019 SK held a party for varsity athletes from the men's and women's sports teams.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Wigdor v. Facebook Canada Ltd. awarded a former employee over US$4.7 million in Restricted Share Units, establishing that such benefits must continue vesting during statutory notice periods. This landmark ruling emphasizes the critical importance of statutory compliance in employment agreements, particularly following business acquisitions, and clarifies that forfeiture provisions cannot override employees' rights to contractual benefits during notice periods.

You are deciding to take a leap and purchase a business, but you are not sure how best to structure the agreement.

Professor Anton Oleynik of Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador was denied a research grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in 2007.

On November 16, 2021, amendments to the Corporations Act (the "Act") received royal assent, and the Act comes into force on April 1, 2022.

You are deciding to take a leap and purchase a business, but you are not sure how best to structure the agreement. Let's take a look at the different types of purchase transactions available.

A common misconception in criminal proceedings is that any communications between an accused and their spouse cannot be used against them.

This eCaseNote examines the impact of this decision on "<em>Entire Agreement</em>" clauses in pre-contractual representations.

In Busato case (2025 BCCA 79), the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the applicability of an exclusion clause in a homeowner's insurance policy concerning marijuana cultivation.

The Alberta Court of Appeal ("ABCA") recently provided a beneficial review of the law of indemnification and the duty to defend in Alberta.

The case involved Ali Abbas, an insured of Esurance who suffered life-altering injuries in a car accident with an uninsured driver.

On April 1, 2025, the Service Alberta Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 ("Bill 30") came into force, ushering in significant amendments to key legislation under the Ministry of Infrastructure...

The Alberta Utilities Commission (the "AUC") rejected an application for a 15-MW solar project called the Harvest Sky Solar Farm based on opposition from the Town of Hanna (the "Town").