Publications
Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Land: Purchasers’ Remedies, Final Report 97
Under the present law of Alberta, specific performance of a contract for the sale and purchase of land will not be granted to the purchaser under the contract unless the land is unique in the sense that no substitute is readily available. In 1996, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Semelhago v Paramadevan, said that it is no longer the case that every piece of real estate is unique and that it therefore cannot be assumed […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Property Real Property |
| TAGS | paramadevan, real estate, remedies, contracts, purchaser, performance, supreme court, certificate, semelhago, Land, purchase, sale, title |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr97.pdf |
October 29, 2009
Remedies of Unsecured Creditors, Report for Discussion 3
This report is long and it examines the remedies available under the Alberta law to unsecured creditors for collection of their debts and makes tentative proposals for the reform of those remedies. It provides a description of the present system and criticism of it, and outlines the need for technical reform. The report examines the body of research on the kinds of debtors who are likely to get into legal trouble, as well as the […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | unsecured, assets, income, enforcement, remedies, rules, creditor, debtor, distribution, execution, proceeds |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd3.pdf |
May 2, 1986