Category Archives: Property

Severing a joint tenancy in Alberta

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Severing a joint tenancy in Alberta Case Commented On: Dobransky v Roteliuk, 2018 ABQB 660 and Smilley v McMillan, 2018 ABQB 988. Co-owners in Alberta may choose to hold an estate in land as joint … Continue reading

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Saskatchewan Land Titles Decision Calls Out for Appellate Review

By: Nigel Bankes and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Saskatchewan Land Titles Decision Calls Out for Appellate Review Case Commented On: Registrar of Titles and Great West Life Assurance Company and Primrose Drilling Ventures Ltd, 2018 SKQB 290. This decision … Continue reading

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Responsibility for Undisclosed Defects in Pre-Owned Real Property

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Responsibility for Undisclosed Defects in Pre-Owned Real Property Case Commented On: Smiley v Salat, 2018 ABPC 178 (CanLII) The freely available “virtual library of Canadian legal information” that is CanLII does not allow Google or … Continue reading

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A Vesting Order Cannot Create Title

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: A Vesting Order Cannot Create Title Case Commented On: Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc (Re), 2018 ABQB 653 Quicksilver Resources (QRCI) owned oil and gas assets and associated infrastructure in the Horn River basin. In 2011, … Continue reading

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Specific Performance of a Right of First Refusal in the Context of a Facilities Agreement

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Specific Performance of a Right of First Refusal in the Context of a Facilities Agreement Decision Commented On: Canlin Resources Partnership v Husky Oil Operations Limited, 2018 ABQB 24 (CanLII) Canlin and Husky are successors in … Continue reading

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