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 […]

January 1, 1975

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

Pre-Incorporation Contracts: A Statutory Solution

The Doctrine of Ultra Vires: Current Problems and Suggested Reforms

The Statute of Frauds

Proof of Paternity in Affiliation Proceedings in Recent Canadian Case Law

Matrimonial Property in Alberta: Facts and Attitudes

Declaration of Paternity