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Employees who have been fired are often left reeling. Despite the trauma they have gone through they are well advised to review the offer...
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craigfloden
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Mareva Injunctions in Alberta
A Mareva Injunction is a form of remedy which allows a plaintiff to stop a Defendant from dissipating assets before trial. The courts are...
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craigfloden
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
A Nail in the Coffin of Coffey? Summary Judgment and Employment Law in Alberta
The Case of Coffey v. Nine Energy 2018 ABQB898 had the effect of removing summary judgment as a remedy in Employment Law in Alberta for...
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craigfloden
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
My Alberta Employer Fired me. Can they do that?
Often when we speak with fired employees we are asked the question: can my former employer fire me? Isn't that illegal? While the answer...
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craigfloden
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Mitigation and Terminations in Alberta
A factor that employees are often not aware of (and conversely employers often are aware of) is mitigation of damages. When you are...
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craigfloden
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Repudiation of Contracts in Alberta
Repudiation is a theory that can allow parties out of contractual obligations. The Court of Queen's Bench looked at this issue in Acden...
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craigfloden
- Feb 27, 2021
- 2 min
When do appeals have to be filed in Alberta?
When appealing a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, litigants must be mindful of timing to appeal. If you miss the...
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craigfloden
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
What is Solicitor/Client Privilege?
Solicitor Client Privilege means that information shared with a lawyer by a client cannot be shared (except for in certain situations),...
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craigfloden
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Fired in Alberta: Should I give a counter-offer to my employer?
Employment law cases often have a sudden start. Firings often happen without warning. And the most common tactic used by employers is a...
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craigfloden
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Duress and Settlement Agreements in Alberta
We often come across clients who have previously entered into settlement agreements, and we are often asked are they binding? Sometimes....
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craigfloden
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Non Est Factum in Alberta
The Court in Business Development Bank v 1956680 Alberta Inc, 2021 ABQB 141 described the plea of non est factum. The plea of non est...
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craigfloden
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Consideration in Alberta Contracts
In order to have an enforceable contract, one of the elements required is consideration. Consideration is often thought of as something...
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craigfloden
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Alberta Normal Costs Awards
In lawsuits in Alberta, the losing party pays a substantial amount of costs to the winner of the lawsuit. The Alberta Court of Appeal...
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craigfloden
- Feb 20, 2021
- 1 min
What is the Common Law?
People tend to be familiar with the term "common law partner" or "common law spouse", however the concept of common law is much broader....
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craigfloden
- Feb 19, 2021
- 1 min
Alberta Employment Contract Reviews
As we have touched on previously, part of what our law firm ends up doing is reviewing contracts that employees have agreed upon. Here...
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craigfloden
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Enhanced Costs for Alleging Fraud in Alberta Lawsuits
In certain cases, the courts will order a losing party in a lawsuit to pay enhanced costs for wrongly alleging fraud. The court looked at...
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craigfloden
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Fundamental Breaches of Contract in Alberta
The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, reviewing the decision of an arbitrator had a good discussion of fundamental breach in a contract. In...
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craigfloden
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Types of Cause for termination in Alberta
If an employer can prove cause when firing an employee, the employer can be relieved of obligations to pay severance or pay in lieu of...
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craigfloden
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
How do courts analyze an Alberta shareholder Oppression Case?
The case of Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82 had a good discussion of what courts look for in Shareholder...
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craigfloden
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Fired for Cause in Alberta: Incompetence
One way that an employer can go about proving cause is if the employer is able to prove that the employee is incompetent in their duties....
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