Publications
Personal Property Security Law, Final Report 116
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Personal Property Property |
| TAGS | ecommerce, internet, transaction, perfected, borrow, collateral, electronic, inventory, banking, chattel, registry, finance, online, priority, secured, loan, money, alberta, business, corporation, credit, creditor, debt, debtor, Property, provincial, registered, security |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR116.pdf |
September 29, 2021
Personal Property Security Act Executive Summary
The Alberta Personal Property Security Act [PPSA] came into force in 1990 and produced a significant improvement in secured transactions in Alberta by removing many of the restrictions and limitations that prevented the use of secured credit. Our executive summary outlines our project, the need for reform, and our preliminary recommendations for Alberta’s Personal Property Security Act.
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | perfect, secured loan, automobile, aircraft, merchandise, lendor, vendor, registry, finance, personal property, loan, money, alberta, creditor, interest, security |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | PPSA-Brochure.pdf |
March 3, 2021
Perpetuities Law: Abolish or Reform? Report 29
Perpetuities law is a complex set of legal rules designed to prevent people from indefinitely tying up land and assets for an excessive period of time so that future generations cannot deal freely with the property. But has the time come to abolish perpetuities law in Alberta? Do other modern legal rules now exist which could handle the situation better or more simply? Or should perpetuities law be retained but extensively reformed? Have your say […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts Procedure Property |
| TAGS | alberta, law, perpetuities, trustee |
| FORMAT | Other |
| FILE | rfd029.pdf |
April 1, 2016
Report on a Succession Consolidation Statute-Alberta Statutory Provisions, Final Report 87 Appendix A
We have also taken the information contained in Appendix A and organized it in an alternative format according to broad subject area. For those who might be interested, the document is found here.
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | Inheritance and succession, Law and legislation, alberta |
| FORMAT | Other |
| FILE | fr087a.pdf |
December 29, 2002
Report on a Succession Consolidation Statute, Final Report 87
This report advocates the consolidation of Alberta’s core succession statutes into one Act. A single piece of consolidated legislation covering all the essentials of statutory succession law would be a convenient reference tool for use by both practitioners and the public. The consolidated legislation will promote accessibility and ease of use of our statutory succession law. This report contains detailed research that identifies all succession-related statutes and statutory provisions and identifies Alberta legislation that is […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | Inheritance and succession, Law and legislation, alberta |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr087.pdf |
The Legal History of Alberta III: The Latter Territorial Period 1886-1905
| AREA OF LAW | Constitutional and Public Law |
| TAGS | territory, history, alberta, constitution, Land, law |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-75_11-Legal-History-AB_Layton.pdf |
January 3, 1975