The Alberta Civil Practice Manual contains comprehensive information vital to your civil litigation practice. Packed with background information and commentary, this manual contains valuable information to get you through a litigation file from start to finish, including topics on commencing an action, questioning, managing litigation, trial, and judgments and orders.

This paper provides an overview of the procedure and law regarding claims that survive bankruptcy under s 178(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and opposition to a bankrupt’s discharge from bankruptcy under sections 172.1 and 173. It also delves into the types of claims that survive bankruptcy, creditor opposition to discharge, tax debt that exceeds 75% of the unsecured debt, and applications for discharge when the trustee has been discharged. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency program in Edmonton on February 21, 2025.

This paper examines 6 major categories of deadlines that civil litigation lawyers typically deal with and discusses various aspects of the process for assessing, diarizing, and entering limitations. The 6 categories discussed are commencing proceedings, serving a claim, responding to claims and amending pleadings, third party claims, affidavits of records, and advancement of actions (such as inexcusable or inordinate delays and the drop-dead rule).