Category Archives: Vexatious Litigants
The Vexing Question of Authority to Grant Vexatious Litigant Orders
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: The Vexing Question of Authority to Grant Vexatious Litigant Orders Case Commented On: Hok v Alberta, 2016 ABQB 651 (CanLII) Hok v Alberta is an unusual vexatious litigant decision for three reasons. First, the Minister … Continue reading
Costs to the Respondent: Discouraging Habeas Corpus Applications
By: Amy Matychuk PDF Version: Costs to the Respondent: Discouraging Habeas Corpus Applications Case Commented On: Voisey v Canada (Attorney General), 2016 ABQB 316 (CanLII) In Voisey v Canada (Attorney General), 2016 ABQB 316, Justice Crighton of the Alberta Court of … Continue reading
Ordinary Self-Represented Litigant or Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Litigant?
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Ordinary Self-Represented Litigant or Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Litigant? Case commented on: Alberta v Greter, 2016 ABQB 293 (CanLII) The September 2012 decision of Meads v Meads, 2012 ABQB 571, established a continuum of litigants, … Continue reading
Vexatious Proceedings Distinguished from Vexatious Litigants
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Vexatious Proceedings Distinguished from Vexatious Litigants Case commented on: R.O. v D.F., 2016 ABCA 170 (CanLII) This Court of Appeal decision is useful in drawing a distinction between litigation that is vexatious and a litigant … Continue reading
“On Its Own Motion”: Section 23.1(1) Judicature Act
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: “On Its Own Motion”: Section 23.1(1) Judicature Act Case Commented On: Lymer v Jonsson, 2016 ABCA 32 (CanLII) This very short decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal made an easy, but very important, … Continue reading
