Category Archives: Vexatious Litigants
Challenge to the Queen’s Bench Vexatious Litigant Procedure
Posted on December 5, 2018; revised June 10, 2019. By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Challenge to the Queen’s Bench Vexatious Litigant Procedure Case Commented On: Lymer (Re), 2018 ABCA 368, Lymer (Re), 2018 ABQB 859 On November 16, in Lymer (Re), … Continue reading
The Increasing Risk of Conflating Self-Represented and Vexatious Litigants
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: The Increasing Risk of Conflating Self-Represented and Vexatious Litigants Case Commented On: Alberta Treasury Branches v Hawrysh, 2018 ABQB 475 (CanLII) (Hawrysh #1) and Alberta Treasury Branches v Hawrysh, 2018 ABQB 618 (CanLII) (Hawrysh … Continue reading
Vexatious Habeas Corpus Applications Contribute to Delayed Access to the Courts
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Vexatious Habeas Corpus Applications Contribute to Delayed Access to the Courts Case Commented On: Ewanchuk v Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ABQB 237 (CanLII) This vexatious litigant case is interesting for five reasons. First, it was … Continue reading
Granting a Vexatious Litigant’s Application for Leave to Appeal
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Granting a Vexatious Litigant’s Application for Leave to Appeal Case Commented On: Belway v Lalande-Weber, 2017 ABCA 108 (CanLII) In the case law on vexatious litigation, it is occasionally noted that a vexatious litigant order … Continue reading
Vexatious Litigants: An Interpretation of Section 40 of the Federal Courts Act
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Vexatious Litigants: An Interpretation of Section 40 of the Federal Courts Act Case Commented On: Canada v Olumide, 2017 FCA 42 (CanLII) In this March 2017 decision, Justice David Stratas encouraged Federal Court of Appeal … Continue reading
