Publications
Transition to the New Rules of Court
This paper outlines the transition provisions and how the new rules will affect existing proceedings. In particular there are three types of transition provision that govern: when specific new rules will not apply to certain proceedings, when specific former rules will continue in force, and what to do when time periods are different under the new rules.
| AREA OF LAW | Alternate Dispute Resolution |
| TAGS | Appeal, Court, Evide, Limitation, Practice, Rule, Service, Substantive, Validity |
| FORMAT | Other |
| FILE | rulestransition.pdf |
October 1, 2010
Statute of Frauds and Related Legislation, Final Report 44
This report examines the provisions of the Statue of Frauds and the Guarantees Acknowledgment Act, an Alberta statute. Where the provisions of these Acts are still useful, the report recommends that it be retained and reformed, where they are not useful that they be abolished. The Statue of Frauds was enacted by the English Parliament in 1677 to prevent false claims being accepted by the courts by requiring that a number of kinds of contracts […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Property |
| TAGS | contract, Evide, goods, guarantee, Land, Property, real, sale, Statute of Frauds |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr044.pdf |
June 1, 1985
Validity of the Alberta Rules of Court, Final Report 15
Important parts of the Alberta Rules of Court may be more than the Rules of practice and procedure which the lieutenant-governor-in-council is not empowered to make. The Rules relating to garnishees and service ex juris are in some jeopardy. So are some Rules relating to costs, Rules relating to the jurisdiction of the court, and Rules relating to rights of appeal, and Rules imposing time limitations on substantive rights. Rules relating to evidence, including those […]
| AREA OF LAW | Procedure |
| TAGS | Appeal, Court, Evide, Limitation, Practice, Rule, Service, Substantive, Validity |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr015.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
The Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1976 (No. 2), SA 1976, c 58, s 6(4) amending the Judicature Act (now RSA 2000, c J-2, s 63). |
January 2, 1975