Publications
The Residential Tenancies Act: General Issues
The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published Residential Tenancies Act: General Issues. This is the first in a series of reports summarizing issues in the law that affects tenants and landlords on a daily basis. The Residential Tenancies Act is important because it affects over 25% of households in Alberta and often involve not just money, but also the basic necessity of shelter, quality of life, health and well-being of landlords, tenants and families […]
| AREA OF LAW | Landlord and Tenant Personal Property Property Real Property |
| TAGS | rental, apartment, townhouse, housing, evict, roommate, pest, vacancy, manager, neighbour, homeless, condo, home, house, dispute, agreement, contract, control, eviction, landlord, lease, Property, rent, residential, tenant |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | IPNo.6.pdf |
March 25, 2025
Personal Property Security Law, Final Report 116
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Personal Property Property |
| TAGS | ecommerce, internet, transaction, perfected, borrow, collateral, electronic, inventory, banking, chattel, registry, finance, online, priority, secured, loan, money, alberta, business, corporation, credit, creditor, debt, debtor, Property, provincial, registered, security |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR116.pdf |
September 29, 2021
Creditor Access to Future Income Plans, Consultation Memorandum 11
This project addresses the question of whether registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs), deferred profit-sharing plans (DPSPs) and registered retirement income funds (RRIFs) should be exempt from the remedies of creditors. The present law is examined in depth, and looks at the conflicting policies relevant to the present study, as well as issues that arise from these conflicts. Issues raised in the memorandum are the pros and cons of whether Alberta law should recognize any exemption […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Personal Property Property |
| TAGS | claim, compensation, damages, death, estate, survival of action, wrongful |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | cm11.pdf |
June 4, 2002
Compensation for Security Interests in Expropriated Land, Final Report 41
This report considers different approaches to compensation for expropriated land which is subject to one or more security interests, especially mortgages. Current to the publication of the report (May 1984), compensation in these cases was regulated by s 49 of the Expropriation Act, RSA 1980, c E-16. This compensation was based on the “market value” theory, under which the security holder was paid market value of the security interest attached to the land, and the […]
| AREA OF LAW | Personal Property Property |
| TAGS | compensation, expropriation, interest, mortgage, security, taking, valuation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr041.pdf |
May 1, 1984
Separation Agreements
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Personal Property Property Real Property |
| TAGS | agreement, asset, children, common law, divorce, family, marriage, separation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-73_3-Separation-Agmnts_Prabhu.pdf |
January 1, 1973
Matrimonial Property
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Personal Property Property Real Property |
| TAGS | asset, divorce, family, matrimonial, Property, separation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-72_9-Matrimonial-Property_Prabhu.pdf |
January 1, 1972
Family Law: Matrimonial Property
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Marriage & Divorce Personal Property Property Real Property |
| TAGS | house, asset, division, divorce, family, family law, matrimonial, Property, separation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-72_2-vol-2-Family-Law-Mat-Prop_McBean-Worton.pdf |