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Environmental Private Prosecution Update: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada
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
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
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
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
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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