Category Archives: Constitutional

No Advance Costs Awarded on Charter Application

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Melissa Luhtanen

PDF version: No Advance Costs Awarded on Charter Application Case considered: D.W.H. v D.J.R., 2011 ABQB 119 Mr. H. and Mr. R. lived together as partners and planned to have a baby through a surrogate mother. The baby lived with … Continue reading →

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French Language Rights in Alberta Get a Boost

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Brian Seaman

PDF version: French Language Rights in Alberta Get a Boost  Case considered: R v Pooran; R v Vaillant, 2011 ABPC 77 Significant consequences can arise from what might otherwise have appeared to be just another mundane case; in this instance, … Continue reading →

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A National Securities Regulator? – No way! says the Alberta Court of Appeal

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Alastair Lucas, Q.C.

PDF version: A National Securities Regulator? – No way! says the Alberta Court of Appeal  Case considered: Reference Re Securities Act (Canada), 2011 ABCA 77 Can the federal government pass legislation to establish and empower a national securities regulator? Essentially, … Continue reading →

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Street Preaching and the Charter: The City of Calgary’s Appeal in Pawlowski

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Jennifer Koshan

PDF version: Street Preaching and the Charter: The City of Calgary’s Appeal in Pawlowski  Case commented on: R. v. Pawlowski, 2011 ABQB 93 Artur Pawlowski, Calgary’s self-professed street preacher, was acquitted of a number of provincial and by-law charges related … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Retirement Issue for Air Canada Pilots Has Taken Flight Again

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Linda McKay-Panos

PDF version: Mandatory Retirement Issue for Air Canada Pilots Has Taken Flight Again  Case considered: Air Canada Pilots Association v Kelly, 2011 FC 120 (“Kelly“) In 2009, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”) ruled in favour of Robert (Neil) Kelly and … Continue reading →

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