Area of Law Procedure

Debt Collection Practices, Final Report 42

This report sets out a rules of conduct which will provide a firm and ascertainable legal basis for the conduct of private debt collection agencies and the debt collectors, and rules of conduct which should apply to everyone including collection agencies but also including creditors who collect their own debts. Proposed standards of conduct include prohibitions and obligations stated in simple and intelligible language so it will provide and efficient method of enforcement of the [...]

By pderas|2023-01-27T11:04:13-07:00June 1st, 1984|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Service of Documents During Postal Interruptions, Final Report 34

Some statutes or statutory instruments provide for the service of a document by mail. This report addresses the issue of whether or not this purported service by mail is effective in the event of a mail strike. This report recommends that a provincial statute be enacted that will invalidate service by mail when the mail service is not in operation. In such a case the statute should allow a person to effect service personally or [...]

By pderas|2020-06-01T13:18:17-06:00June 1st, 1979|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Validity of the Alberta Rules of Court, Final Report 15

Important parts of the Alberta Rules of Court may be more than the Rules of practice and procedure which the lieutenant-governor-in-council is not empowered to make. The Rules relating to garnishees and service ex juris are in some jeopardy. So are some Rules relating to costs, Rules relating to the jurisdiction of the court, and Rules relating to rights of appeal, and Rules imposing time limitations on substantive rights. Rules relating to evidence, including those [...]

By pderas|2021-01-21T13:41:23-07:00January 2nd, 1975|Uncategorized|0 Comments