The Legal History of Alberta III: The Latter Territorial Period 1886-1905

January 3, 1975

Variation of Shareholder Rights

Proposals for Codification of the Indoor Management Role

The Company Law Committee Recommendation on Ultra Vires and Their Effect on the Doctrine of Constructive Notice

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 […]

January 2, 1975

Land Titles Project Section 2(11): The Definition of “Land”

January 1, 1975

Minors’ Contracts, Final Report 14

The common law governs minors’ contracts in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada outside of Quebec. The Legislatures have intervened only sporadically and have dealt only with matters of detail. This report recommends that the attached draft Act be enacted. The law needs to give to minors some protection from liability on their contracts and allow the courts broad discretionary power to do justice in cases of unconscionable contracts. The law should interfere with contracts only […]

Judicature Act, Section 24, Final Report 13

This report examines section 24 of the Judicature Act, RSA 1970, c 193 and makes recommendations with regard to it. The section provides that certain actions shall not be brought or maintained unless permission has first been given by the lieutenant-governor-in-council. The history of section 24 is examined, including its legal effects, and practice relating to this section. The special protection which section 24(1) gives to Ministers of the Crown is not justified, and unless […]

August 1, 1974

Land Ownership Rights; Law and Land: An Overview

January 18, 1974

Guarantee Companies, Specially Limited Companies and Prescribed Incorporation

January 3, 1974