Employees who have been fired are often left reeling. Despite the trauma they have gone through they are well advised to review the offer...

A Mareva Injunction is a form of remedy which allows a plaintiff to stop a Defendant from dissipating assets before trial. The courts are...

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...

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...

A factor that employees are often not aware of (and conversely employers often are aware of) is mitigation of damages. When you are...

Repudiation is a theory that can allow parties out of contractual obligations. The Court of Queen's Bench looked at this issue in Acden...

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...

Solicitor Client Privilege means that information shared with a lawyer by a client cannot be shared (except for in certain situations),...

Employment law cases often have a sudden start. Firings often happen without warning. And the most common tactic used by employers is a...

We often come across clients who have previously entered into settlement agreements, and we are often asked are they binding? Sometimes....

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...

In order to have an enforceable contract, one of the elements required is consideration. Consideration is often thought of as something...

In lawsuits in Alberta, the losing party pays a substantial amount of costs to the winner of the lawsuit. The Alberta Court of Appeal...

People tend to be familiar with the term "common law partner" or "common law spouse", however the concept of common law is much broader....

As we have touched on previously, part of what our law firm ends up doing is reviewing contracts that employees have agreed upon. Here...

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...

The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, reviewing the decision of an arbitrator had a good discussion of fundamental breach in a contract. In...

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...

The case of Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82 had a good discussion of what courts look for in Shareholder...

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....