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Alberta Law Reform Institute Recommends Reform to Trustee Act with Clear, Simple, and Comprehensible Legislation

On March 20, 2017

By: Robyn Mitchell

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Matter Commented On: Alberta Law Reform Institute, Final Report No. 109, A New Trustee Act for Alberta

The Alberta Law Reform Institute has just released Final Report No. 109, A New Trustee Act for Alberta. The Report sets out ALRI’s final recommendations for new trustee legislation in Alberta. Using the Uniform Law Conference of Canada’s Uniform Trustee Act 2012 as a starting point, ALRI then tailored its recommendations to reflect Alberta’s trusts law and practice.

The current Trustee Act is out of date. While there have been some changes over the years, some provisions of the Act remain unchanged since trustee legislation was first enacted in 1893 in what is now Alberta. There has never been a complete review of the entire Trustee Act.

Supreme Court of Canada Hears Appeal in Alberta Infanticide Case

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On January 20, 2016

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Case Commented On: R v MB, 2015 ABCA 232, appeal as of right (SCC)

Today the Supreme Court of Canada is hearing the appeal in R v MB, 2015 ABCA 232, concerning the proper interpretation of infanticide in section 233 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46. Section 233 provides as follows:

A female person commits infanticide when by a wilful act or omission she causes the death of her newly-born child, if at the time of the act or omission she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child and by reason thereof or of the effect of lactation consequent on the birth of the child her mind is then disturbed.

For Lisa Silver’s post on the Alberta Court of Appeal decision, see here. Lisa also gave an interview on the appeal this morning on CBC Calgary’s Eyeopener.

Faculty Favourites: Celebrating a Supreme Court of Canada Anniversary

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On January 13, 2016

In Supreme Court of Canada, Uncategorized

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Editor’s Note

2016 is the 140^th anniversary of the year that the Supreme Court of Canada began hearing cases. Our colleagues at the Bennett Jones Law Library are marking the occasion with a display, and asked us to nominate some notable Supreme Court of Canada cases for inclusion. The cases could be selected on the basis that they were our favourites, had the most impact on people’s lives (positive or negative), and/or were the most significant to our particular fields of study. Below is a compilation of responses from Faculty members and the Directors of some of the Faculty’s Centres and Institutes. Readers in Calgary are encouraged to drop by the Law Library to check out the display, and – for readers everywhere – if you have your own favourites, let us know by adding a comment to this post.

Announcing a new ABlawg ebook on Farm and Ranch Workers’ Rights

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On December 29, 2015

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Editor’s Note

ABlawg is pleased to announce the launch of our third ebook, which deals with the rights of farm and ranch workers in Alberta. Our ebooks are accessible from a tab at the top of the ABlawg website, and each includes a table of contents with hyperlinks to the collected posts and is fully searchable. The introduction to this ebook is written by Jennifer Koshan. We also thank Evelyn Tang (JD 2016) for her work in producing the ebook.

ABlawg: The Year in Review, 2015

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On December 14, 2015

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It is that time of year again – time for ABlawg to put together a compilation of our highlights from the past year. It is also the 10^th anniversary of the Clawbies, and we have included a list of some of our favourite Canadian Law Blogs here as well.