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...

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,...