The Alberta Court of Appeal looked at the cancellation of a franchise in the case of 1777453 Alberta Ltd v Got Mold Disaster Recovery...

The rules Res Ipsa Loquiter (the thing speaks for itself) is a rule of evidence, which basically, if there is no proof of negligence, in...

Non-solicitation clauses are clauses in contracts which prevent employees or others from luring clients, other staff or potential clients...

From time to time you may hear someone talk about their holding company (In Alberta technically it is a holding "corporation"). What is a...

There are 2 basic structures used when structuring the sale of a closely held operating corporation. A share sale, where the individual...

The Courts in Alberta generally strive to uphold contracts and the agreement that parties make amongst themselves. This is not always the...

Not all language contained in pleadings (statements of claim or defence) are allowed. If the language included is an inflammatory attack...

Lawsuits in Alberta are governed by a number of procedures and rules which are found in the Alberta Rules of Court. One of the important...

The Indoor Management rule basically says that 3rd parties dealing with someone in a company can assume that the company has followed its...

The Court looked at the some of the legal duties of police in the case of Rennalls v Tettey, 2021 ABQB 1. The Court said at 24:...

Our litigation system in Alberta is based on an "adversarial system" where two lawyers each strongly advocated their clients' respective...

In the recent case of Altius Royalty Corporation v Alberta, 2021 ABQB 3, Master Farrington considered the issue as to whether the Federal...

So you have your dream name for your business. There shouldn't be any problems with the name should there? Actually there are number of...

Inc., Ltd. and Corp. are all variations on the same thing. Corporations in Alberta have to have some form of the above in their name,...

Employees who have been fired will often ask us whether their employer is legally allowed to fire them. Isn't it illegal, and shouldn't...

We have all seen those scooters which are all over the City during summer months. I have always thought of them as a death trap. They are...

The law gives protection from liability to those who set up their business through a corporation. Those protections are not absolute....

Strictly speaking you do not need a lawyer if you are in a professional discipline hearing. It is highly advisable to retain one, and to...

Corporate directors owe robust duties to their corporations. The Supreme Court of Canada looked at these duties in the case of Re: BCE,...

Administrative Law deals decisions of government, both Provincial and Federal. Practically, governments delegate much of their day to day...