Many employees and employers do not fully appreciate how Alberta's employment law works for non-unionized employees. There are two...

The Limitations Act is one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation from a trial lawyer's perspective. Missed limitations are the bane...

Bullying happens in the workplace all too often. Bullies due to their aggressive nature often rise to positions they probably shouldn't...

A Statement of Claim is an originating document used to start most (not all) types of lawsuit in Alberta. The documents lays out the...

The Alberta Court of Appeal looked at the issue of extending time for service of a Statement of Claim. Generally a Statement of Claim...

Going into business with someone else can be exciting, and there is much to like about new business ventures. The biggest issue, in our...

As an employee, being fired is tough. There are situations where you can anticipate that you are about to be fired, but for many people...

Some companies are big enough to have one or multiple lawyers working for them as employees- these are referred to as in-house lawyers....

We are often consulted by people who want help setting up their business. There are number of basic options, which we go through below....

In Alberta when a party loses in a lawsuit or application they have to pay costs, generally as set out in the rules of court. Sometimes...

In Alberta, and much of Canada, when a party loses an application or a lawsuit, that party will have to pay some costs. The Court in...

The Alberta Court of Appeal looked at the issue of court oversight of vexatious litigants in the case of Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167....

In the case of Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167, the Alberta Court of Appeal had a good discussion about the nature of our adversary...

Many people are aware that in Canada children under twelve are generally exempted from criminal liability. What is the case of children...

Lawsuits are an area that, thankfully, many people don't have to deal with. There are two potential forums for lawsuits, so we will touch...

An Alberta Court looked at the issue of whether a bar was liable for an unprovoked assault in the case of Allnutt v Carter, 2021 ABQB 51 ...

In an interesting case out of B.C., the B.C. Court decided to accept jurisdiction in a lawsuit against Twitter for defamtion. Giustra v....

One of the requirements in setting of a corporation is that Articles of Incorporation are filed. These are essentially organizing...

As lawyers, we have professional obligations to facilitate settlement with our clients. Clients also have an interest in not being tied...

A minute book is where corporate documents are stored. There are a number of documents that the law requires. Usually your lawyer will...