Publications
Report on Referees, Research Paper 18
A referee is a person appointed to decide a specific, circumscribed question of fact. This person submits a report to the judge, who may decide to either accept or reject that report. In Alberta (at the time of publication), Masters in Chambers were official referees in all courts, and clerks and deputy clerks are official referees in the Provincial court, and could act as referees when required by the Court of Queen’s Bench. Outside of […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Constitutional and Public Law |
| TAGS | referee, civil, judge, Court, damages, evidence, mortgage, procedure, Rule |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.18.pdf |
February 3, 1990
Administration of Family Law: The Unified Family Court: Constitutional Opinions, Research Paper 11
This paper comprises opinions by Professor W.R. Lederman, Q.C., and Professor P.N. McDonald, on the constitutional validity (at the time of publication) of a unified family court in Alberta, including both federally appointed and provincially appointed judges (i.e. judges appointed by the Governor General in Council and the Lieutenant Governor in Council). Professor McDonald’s opinion is actually comprised of a number of smaller opinions written in 1976 and 1977, which include responses to some other […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | province, jurisdiction, constitution, Court, divorce, family, marriage, matrimonial |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.11.pdf |
May 4, 1978
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 […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | amicus, child, Court, divorce, family, legal aid, maintenance, social services |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr026.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Some recommendations carried out by administrative action. |
April 2, 1978
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 […]
| AREA OF LAW | Procedure |
| TAGS | Appeal, Court, Evide, Limitation, Practice, Rule, Service, Substantive, Validity |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr015.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
The Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1976 (No. 2), SA 1976, c 58, s 6(4) amending the Judicature Act (now RSA 2000, c J-2, s 63). |
January 2, 1975
Re Section 24 of the Judicature Act
| AREA OF LAW | Constitutional and Public Law Court Rules & Procedure Procedure |
| TAGS | judicature, lawyer, judicial, judge, arbitrate, Court, crown, decision |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-74_6-Judicature-Act_Jacobs.pdf |
January 2, 1974
Status of the Alberta Rules of Court
| AREA OF LAW | Administrative Law Constitutional and Public Law |
| TAGS | rules, Court, procedure |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-74_16-Rules-of-Court_Stollery.pdf |
January 1, 1974
Federal Constitutional Problems in Relation to the Proposed Family Court for Alberta
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law |
| TAGS | assets, children, Court, custody, divorce, family, matrimonial, separation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-73_17-Constitutional-Probl-Family-Court_Lederman.pdf |
January 1, 1973
A Working Paper on the Courts and Family Law
| AREA OF LAW | Courts Family Law |
| TAGS | Court, family |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-71_1-Courts-Family-Law_Boddy.pdf |
January 1, 1971
Limitation of Actions
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Procedure |
| TAGS | Actions, liablity, sue, Court, Limitations, procedure |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-70_1-Limitation-Actions_Williams.pdf |
January 1, 1970
The Courts and Family Law
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Procedure |
| TAGS | Court, divorce, family, separation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-69_6-Courts-and-Family-Law_Hewitt.pdf |
January 1, 1969