Personal Property Security Law, Final Report 116

September 29, 2021

Reviewable Transactions, Final Report 108

The law of fraudulent preference and conveyances is outdated and still relies on the English Fraudulent Conveyances Act, 1571. The law in this area also lacks a clear policy foundation and needs to be clarified and modernised. In 2012, the Uniform Law Conference of Canada recommended new legislation to update this area of the law. The Alberta Law Reform Institute has reviewed the work of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada and recommends that Alberta adopt […]

March 1, 2016

Report on Liens, Report for Discussion 13

A lien is an interest in property, similar to a security interest, which enables a creditor to retain (usually) or seize (occasionally) property belonging to a debtor. The rules governing liens in Alberta (at the time of publication) were widely varied, and controlled by a number of different statutes. This report suggests the creation of a unified Liens Act which would resolve problems such as the registration of liens, the priority of different interests on […]

September 2, 1992

The Operation of the Unsecured Creditors’ Remedies System in Alberta, Research Paper 16

A plaintiff who has obtained a monetary judgement as a result of a court case, but who has not yet received that money, is known as a “judgement creditor.” This report is a survey of: whether judgement creditors made use of enforcement mechanisms to obtain their money; which remedies were used frequently, and which ones infrequently; how the remedies that were used operated, and how far they were carried; and how successful the remedy process […]

March 3, 1986

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 […]

June 1, 1984

Part Payment; Limitation of Actions; Joint Debtors

January 1, 1973

Assignment of Wages, Final Report 8

This report addresses the subject of determining what legislation, if any, should govern wage assignments. The primary recommendation is that irrevocable assignments of wages to secure payment of indebtedness be abolished by legislation, thus rendering them invalid. The report also makes alternative recommendations for regulation of the use of wage assignments if they are not abolished. It is recommended that an Act be passed to reform the law relating to assignments of wages, which term […]

October 1, 1971