Category Archives: Civil Procedure

Ernst v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board): The gatekeeper is alive and well

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Shaun Fluker

By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Ernst v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board): The gatekeeper is alive and well Case Commented On: Ernst v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2014 ABCA 285 This comment adds to the earlier post by Martin … Continue reading →

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Striking a Balance: Efficiency and Fairness in an Evolving Justice System

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Sarah Burton

By: Sarah Burton PDF Version: Striking a Balance: Efficiency and Fairness in an Evolving Justice System Case commented on: Martin v. Sievers, 2014 ABQB 357 (CanLII) In Martin v. Sievers, 2014 ABQB 357 (Martin), Master Smart confirmed that lawyers control … Continue reading →

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Alberta’s Alcohol-Related Administrative Licence Suspension Regime: The Constitutional Challenge and the Challenge to the Evidence

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Jennifer Koshan

PDF Version: Alberta’s Alcohol-Related Administrative Licence Suspension Regime: The Constitutional Challenge and the Challenge to the Evidence Case commented on:  Sahaluk v Alberta (Transportation Safety Board), 2013 ABQB 683 Several applicants are challenging the constitutionality of Alberta’s Alcohol-Related Administrative Licence … Continue reading →

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Consequences of being an OPCA Litigant?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Alice Woolley

PDF version: Consequences of being an OPCA Litigant? Case commented on: ANB v Hancock, 2013 ABQB 97. ANB v Hancock is Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke’s second written judgment about an Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) litigant. As summarized … Continue reading →

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A Rather Quick Response to a Rather Typical Vexatious Litigant

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

PDF version: A Rather Quick Response to a Rather Typical Vexatious Litigant Case commented on: Onischuk v Alberta, 2013 ABQB 89. The prominent September 2012 decision of Court of Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke in Meads v … Continue reading →

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