Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20: Court of Appeal Conjures a Creative Accretion Approach
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Cases Considered: Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20, 2008 ABCA 27
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In this important reserved judgment, the Alberta Court of Appeal applied a creative approach to attempt to reconcile uncertainties relating to common law accretion with a Torrens Land Titles system, and in doing so once again found for private ownership of accreted lands over Crown ownership of exposed beds and shores.
