Author Archives: Jonnette Watson Hamilton

About Jonnette Watson Hamilton

B.A. (Alta.), LL.B. (Dal.), LL.M. (Col.) Professor, University of Calgary. Professor Watson Hamilton was called to the Bar in Alberta in 1979 and practiced law until 1991. She has taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary since 1992. Currently she teaches Property Law, Legal Research and Methodology, and Theoretical Foundations of Property Law. Her research interests are in the areas of legal theory, legal reasoning, and Charter equality rights.

Roundtable on Quebec v A: Searching for Clarity on Equality

Posted on June 5, 2013 by and

PDF version: Roundtable on Quebec v A: Searching for Clarity on Equality Decision Considered: Quebec (Attorney General) v A, 2013 SCC 5 (case summary available here). On May 13, 2013, we led the Faculty of Law’s first roundtable discussion of the … Continue reading →

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Do Covenants to Compensate for Designation as an Historical Resource Run with the Land?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

PDF version: Do Covenants to Compensate for Designation as an Historical Resource Run with the Land? Cases Considered: Equitable Trust Company v Lougheed Block Inc, 2013 ABQB 209. The foreclosure proceedings taken with respect to the historic Lougheed Building at … Continue reading →

Posted in Municipal Law, Property | Leave a comment

Consequences of being an OPCA Litigant?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by and

PDF version: Consequences of being an OPCA Litigant? Case commented on: ANB v Hancock, 2013 ABQB 97. ANB v Hancock is Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke’s second written judgment about an Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) litigant. As summarized … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Procedure and Evidence | 2 Comments

A Rather Quick Response to a Rather Typical Vexatious Litigant

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

PDF version: A Rather Quick Response to a Rather Typical Vexatious Litigant Case commented on: Onischuk v Alberta, 2013 ABQB 89 The prominent September 2012 decision of Court of Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke in Meads v … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Procedure and Evidence | 5 Comments

What has Meads v Meads wrought?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by and

PDF version: What has Meads v Meads wrought? Cases commented on: R v Duncan, 2013 ONCJ 160 (CanLII); R v Tyskerud, 2013 BCPC 27 (CanLII); Cassa v The Queen, 2013 TCC 43 (CanLII); R v Martin, 2012 NSPC 115 (CanLII); R … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Procedure and Evidence, Ethics and the Legal Profession | 5 Comments

Introducing Conditional Immediate Indefeasibility: Section 170(1) of the Land Titles Act

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

PDF version: Introducing Conditional Immediate Indefeasibility: Section 170(1) of the Land Titles Act Legislation commented on: Land Titles Act, RSA 2000, c. L-4, s. 170(1), as amended by the Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008, SA 2008, c 22, s 9. … Continue reading →

Posted in Property | 2 Comments

Represented Adults and Solicitor-Client Privilege

Posted on January 31, 2013 by and

PDF version: Represented Adults and Solicitor-Client Privilege Considered: Wayne v Wayne, 2012 ABQB 763 The Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, SA 2008, c A-4.2 (AGTA), applies to persons over the age of 18 who are unable to make personal or … Continue reading →

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Getting Foreclosure Practice Right: Some Regulatory Suggestions

Posted on January 8, 2013 by and

PDF version: Getting Foreclosure Practice Right: Some Regulatory Suggestions Case commented on: AGF Trust Company v Soos, 2012 ABQB 747 AGF Trust Company v Soos is a decision by Master Lorne Smart, reviewing a Bill of Costs in a standard … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Procedure: New Rules of Court, Ethics and the Legal Profession | 1 Comment

“Judges of first instance are not mere scribes, collators of evidence, collage artists, or way stations on the road to justice”: The Problems with Copy-and-Paste Judgments

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

PDF version: “Judges of first instance are not mere scribes, collators of evidence, collage artists, or way stations on the road to justice”: The Problems with Copy-and-Paste Judgments Cases commented on: University of Alberta v Chang, 2012 ABCA 324 (CanLII) … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics and the Legal Profession | 1 Comment

The Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) Litigant Case

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

PDF version: The Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) Litigant Case Case Commented on: Meads v Meads, 2012 ABQB 571  This decision by Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke was the subject of much media attention when it was released. That … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Procedure and Evidence, Family | 6 Comments