Publications
Uniform International Commercial Arbitration, Final Report 114
In this Report, ALRI recommends that Alberta adopt the Uniform International Commercial Arbitration Act (2014). ALRI’s recommendations are intended to bring Alberta’s international commercial arbitration law up-to-date with current international standards. Why is Change Needed? Alberta’s current International Commercial Arbitration Act is based on uniform legislation developed in 1986. The Alberta Act has fallen behind the advances that are being made internationally and in other provinces. By updating its legislation, Alberta will catch up to those jurisdictions […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | arbitration, award, business, commercial, corporate, international, model |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR114.pdf |
March 6, 2019
Wills: Non-Compliance with Formalities, Final Report 84
This report recommends that Alberta courts be given power to admit to probate a will or an alteration, revocation or revival of a will that does not comply with the formalities prescribed by the Wills Act. This “dispensing power” could only be exercised if a court is satisfied by clear and convincing evidence that the testator intended to adopt the document as a will, alteration, revocation or revival. The only formal requirement that could not be […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | armed forces, exclusion, formality, holograph, international, probate, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr084.pdf |
June 29, 2000
Towards a New Arbitration Act for Alberta, Issues Paper 1
Arbitration is a process where a tribunal other than a court resolves a dispute between two or more parties. This issue paper discusses the current arbitration law (as of the time of publication), and potential beneficial changes to that law. The report first considers whether arbitration law in Alberta should be based on either the UNCITRAL Model Law or the BC Act, and the effects this could have on the uniformity of law. It then […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Alternate Dispute Resolution |
| TAGS | voluntary, consensual, time, arbitration, arbitrator, commercial, international |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | IPNo.1.pdf |
July 4, 1987