Publications
Adverse Possession and Lasting Improvements to Wrong Land, Final Report 115
Adverse possession allows a person who has occupied another’s land for at least 10 years to potentially claim ownership of that land. The occupation must be exclusive, open, notorious and continuous. Adverse possession is commonly, but mistakenly, referred to as squatter’s rights. ALRI is recommending that the law of adverse possession be abolished in Alberta. This change would prevent new claims from being brought in the future, but would not affect claims that have been […]
| AREA OF LAW | Limitation of Actions Property Real Property |
| TAGS | quiet, lasting, fence, real estate, dispute, claim, Improvement, Land, Limitations, Possession, Property, Rights, Squatters, title, trespasser |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR115.pdf |
May 28, 2020
Occupiers’ Liability, Final Report 3
This paper considers the desirability and design of provincial legislation that pursues the regulation of business names and business name disclosure. Business name regulation is for the purpose of limiting the scope for confusion caused by the use of similar names, and business name disclosure requires that firms that use a business name disclose certain information about themselves to the public. This paper discusses the two objectives of business names legislation and then describes the […]
| AREA OF LAW | Property |
| TAGS | duty of care, injury, invitee, Land, liability, licensee, occupier, trespasser |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr003.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Occupiers’ Liability Act, SA 1973, c 79 (now RSA 2000, c O-4). |
December 1, 1969