Competence and Communication in the Alberta Evidence Act, Final Report 111

On occasion, a court must determine whether a proposed witness is competent to give evidence. The question arises with child witnesses and may also arise for adults with cognitive impairment. Alberta legislation reflects outdated assumptions about children’s abilities and fails to address adults with cognitive impairment. It also has a gap affecting witnesses who use alternative means of communication. Other Canadian jurisdictions have already reformed legislation to address these issues. The Alberta Law Reform Institute [...]

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Perpetuities Law: Abolish or Reform? Report 29

Perpetuities law is a complex set of legal rules designed to prevent people from indefinitely tying up land and assets for an excessive period of time so that future generations cannot deal freely with the property. But has the time come to abolish perpetuities law in Alberta? Do other modern legal rules now exist which could handle the situation better or more simply? Or should perpetuities law be retained but extensively reformed? Have your say [...]

By |2023-01-27T11:01:31-07:00April 1st, 2016|Project|0 Comments
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Competence and Communication in the Alberta Evidence Act, Report 27

On occasion, a court must determine whether a proposed witness is competent to give evidence. The question arises with child witnesses and may also arise for adults with cognitive impairment. Alberta legislation about competence has not kept pace with modern knowledge about children’s abilities, and fails to address adults with cognitive impairment. It also has a gap affecting witnesses who use alternative means of communication. This Report for Discussion contains preliminary recommendations for updating Alberta [...]

By |2023-01-27T11:02:10-07:00August 1st, 2015|Project|0 Comments
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Family Law Administration: Court Services, Final Report 26

This report recommends that court services outlined in this report, if acceptable, be given effect to without waiting for the establishment of a unified family court so that they can serve the people of Alberta and so that they can be adapted to the structure of a unified family court when that structure is decided upon and the court established. This report is concerned primarily with the social and legal services which have been developed [...]

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