Author Archives: Shaun Fluker

About Shaun Fluker

B.Comm. (Alberta), LL.B. (Victoria), LL.M. (Calgary). Associate Professor. Please click here for more information.

Environmental Private Prosecution Update: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered:  John Custer v. Syncrude Canada PDF Version: Environmental Private Prosecution Update: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada On January 7, John Custer swore an information in front of a Justice of the Peace in Edmonton alleging violation by Syncrude … Continue reading →

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A case of Disablement and Deference under the Workers’ Compensation Act

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Schneider v. Alberta (Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation), 2008 ABQB 662. PDF Version: A case of Disablement and Deference under the Workers’ Compensation Act Maurice Schneider was exposed to asbestos at work in the late 1960s and … Continue reading →

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Remembering Martha Kostuch: The Private Prosecution and the Oldman River Dam

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases considered: Kostuch (Informant) v. WA Stephenson Construction (Western) (1990), 75 Alta. L.R.. (2d) 110 (Alta. Prov. Ct.); Kostuch (Informant) v. W.A. Stephenson (Western) (1991), 78 Alta. L.R. (2d) 131 (Alta. Prov. Ct.); Kostuch (Informant) v. W.A. Stephenson Construction (Western) … Continue reading →

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Back on track to socio-ecological ruin: Kearl oil sands project re-authorized

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited v. Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development et al, 2008 FC 598, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 FC 302, PDF Version:  Back on track to socio-ecological ruin: Kearl oil … Continue reading →

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Money attracts procedural fairness: The case of the overbilling doctor

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Searles v. Alberta (Health and Wellness), 2008 ABQB 307 PDF Version:   Money attracts procedural fairness: The case of the overbilling doctor Government compensation payable to physicians in Alberta is differentiated under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan based … Continue reading →

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