Author Archives: Jonnette Watson Hamilton

About Jonnette Watson Hamilton

B.A. (Alta.), LL.B. (Dal.), LL.M. (Col.). Professor Emerita. Please click here for more information.

How persistent does a vexatious litigant have to be?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version:  How persistent does a vexatious litigant have to be? Case considered: Wong v Giannacopoulos, 2011 ABCA 206 Are the 2007 vexatious litigant provisions in the Judicature Act, RSA 2000, c J-2, being overused? Is it too easy to have … Continue reading →

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It’s Difficult to Disinherit Some Adult Children

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version: It’s Difficult to Disinherit Some Adult Children  Case considered: Soule v. Johansen Estate, 2011 ABQB 403 Alberta Justice has spent the past few years reviewing provincial succession laws and proposing reforms to consolidate and update the relevant provincial … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Non-compliance with the Dower Act – Yet Again

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version: The Effect of Non-compliance with the Dower Act – Yet Again  Case considered: Webb (Re), 2011 ABQB 89 The context of this dower case is somewhat unusual. The Registrar in Bankruptcy had directed a trial to determine whether … Continue reading →

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The Full Implications of Demonstrable Integration: A Roundtable Discussion on West Moberley

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version: The Full Implications of Demonstrable Integration: A Roundtable Discussion on West Moberley Case considered: West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 247 Summer at the law school provides faculty members with the opportunity to get on … Continue reading →

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Specific Performance of Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Land: Is Deeming Land to be Unique Enough to Return to Pre-Semelhago Days?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version: Specific Performance of Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Land: Is Deeming Land to be Unique Enough to Return to Pre-Semelhago Days?  Case commented on: Raymond v. Raymond Estate, 2011 SKCA 58 Fifteen years ago, before the … Continue reading →

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