Publications
Limitations Act – Standardizing Limitation Periods for Actions on Insurance Contracts, Final Report 90
Presently limitation periods for bringing actions against insurers for failing to honour insurance policies depends on the type of insurance. The Insurance Act contains statutory provisions that specifically set out limitation periods for certain types of insurance and requires other specific types of insurance policies to contain “Statutory Conditions” that prescribe their own limitation periods. Inconsistent limitation periods have caused confusion for both insured and for lawyers, and have resulted in a considerable amount of litigation over […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Limitation of Actions Procedure |
| TAGS | period, contract, insurance, Limitations |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr090.pdf |
August 29, 2003
Standardizing Limitation Periods for Actions on Insurance Contracts, Consultation Memorandum 10
When the new Limitations Act came into force on March 1, 1999, a number of changes were made to the limitation law in Alberta. The limitation periods for actions on insurance contracts is in a state of confusion, several of the limitation periods that the Insurance Act prescribes are inconsistent with the general limitation periods in the Limitations Act. The scope of this project addresses issues which relate to rationalizing limitation periods for actions against insurers. The issues addressed and […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Corporate and Commercial Courts Limitation of Actions Procedure |
| TAGS | insurer, period, contract, insurance, Limitation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | cm10.pdf |
December 4, 2001