Category Archives: Civil Procedure

eQuestioning: Oral Questioning in Litigation in the Era of Social Distancing

By: Gideon Christian PDF Version: eQuestioning: Oral Questioning in Litigation in the Era of Social Distancing In adversarial litigation, oral questioning is an out-of-court pre-trial or pre-hearing proceeding where a party to litigation orally examines (by way of questioning) under … Continue reading

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AER Commissioners Grant Summary Dismissal of Applications for Common Carrier and Rateable Take Orders

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: AER Commissioners Grant Summary Dismissal of Applications for Common Carrier and Rateable Take Orders Decisions Commented On: (1) 2020 ABAER 002, Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. Common Carrier and Rateable Take Order Applications, Applications 1877294 and 1878333, … Continue reading

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Material and Cultural Causes of Delay

By: Drew Yewchuk PDF Version: Material and Cultural Causes of Delay Case Commented On: R v King, 2019 ABQB 467 This is the seventh instalment in my long-running series of blog posts covering Alberta decisions dealing with the fallout of R … Continue reading

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Gross Overriding Royalty Payable on 100% of Production

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Gross Overriding Royalty Payable on 100% of Production Case Commented On: Obsidian Energy Partnership v Grizzly Resources Ltd, 2019 ABQB 406 In this decision, Master J.T. Prowse granted summary judgment in favour of Obsidian (formerly Penn … Continue reading

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The Discoverability Principle Applies—No Seriously, For Real This Time—to Contract Claims in Alberta

By: Kyle Gardiner PDF Version: The Discoverability Principle Applies—No Seriously, For Real This Time—to Contract Claims in Alberta Case Commented On: Weir-Jones Technical Services Incorporated v Purolator Courier Ltd, 2019 ABCA 49 (CanLII) Last month, the Alberta Court of Appeal … Continue reading

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