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
Family Maintenance and Support from the Estate of a Person that Stood in the Place of a Parent, Report for Discussion 34
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | blended, step, mother, father, sibling, application, in loco parentis, raise, adopt, obligation, parent, money, inheritance, adoption, children, death, estate, family, maintenance, minor, support, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RFD34.pdf |
November 3, 2020
Enforcement of Judgments, Final Report 94
This report examines the current law on enforcement of judgments outside of Alberta. Since 1925, Alberta has had a legislative regime whereby money judgments from other specified jurisdictions could be registered with the Alberta courts. Therefore, these judgments are recognized and enforceable in Alberta. This regime has been relatively unchanged since that time. In 1990, the Attorneys General and the Ministers of Justice requested that the Uniform Law Conference of Canada (ULCC) develop uniform legislation […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | enforcement, judgement, money, jurisdiction, enforce, uniform, foreign, transfer, certainty |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr094.pdf |
September 29, 2008
Non-Resident Trustees Under the Dependent Adults Act, Final Report 86
A trustee under the Dependent Adults Act of Alberta handles some or all of the financial affairs of a dependent adult, depending on the terms of the trusteeship order. An individual cannot be appointed a trustee under the Dependent Adults Act unless the individual is a resident of Alberta. The Act’s prohibition of non-resident trustees creates significant practical difficulties if the only suitable or most suitable potential trustee is a non-resident or if an Alberta trustee is appointed and […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law |
| TAGS | non-resident, dependent, safeguard, enforcement, money, appointment, security, trustee |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr086.pdf |
January 29, 2002
The Operation of the Unsecured Creditors’ Remedies System in Alberta, Research Paper 16
A plaintiff who has obtained a monetary judgement as a result of a court case, but who has not yet received that money, is known as a “judgement creditor.” This report is a survey of: whether judgement creditors made use of enforcement mechanisms to obtain their money; which remedies were used frequently, and which ones infrequently; how the remedies that were used operated, and how far they were carried; and how successful the remedy process […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | unsecured, judgment, money, credit, creditor, debt, debtor, Land, Property |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.16.pdf |
March 3, 1986
Authorized Capital
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | capital, money, asset, business, commercial |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-75_20-Authorized-Capital_Field.pdf |
January 3, 1975
Alteration and Conversion of Capital Part 2
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | capital, conversion, money, alteration, business, corporate |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-75_17-pt-2-Conv-of-Capital_Field.pdf |
Alteration and Conversion of Capital Part 1
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | capital, conversion, money, alteration, business, corporate |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-75_17-pt-1-Conv-of-Capital_Field.pdf |