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62245.05Much of the day-to-day work of moving a litigation file forward is done by legal assistants. This paper focuses on what practice management in the litigation context means, and addresses topics including active file management, organization, proactiveness and forward thinking, and the importance of clear communication. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on December 3, 2021.
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62245.04Much of the day-to-day work of moving a litigation file forward is done by legal assistants. This paper focuses on what practice management in the litigation context means, and addresses topics including active file management, organization, proactiveness and forward thinking, and the importance of clear communication. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on December 3, 2021.
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62245.03Focusing on the steps traditionally taken by the legal assistant, this paper outlines the major steps to prepare an application in morning chambers as well as via a special application. It also provides strategies, recommendations, and best practices for each major step. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on December 3, 2021.
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62245.02This paper attempts to provide a general perspective regarding the work of legal assistants at the very early stages of a civil matter. The goal is to provide general information to make a legal assistant’s job less stressful. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on December 3, 2021.
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62245.01This paper will serve as a brief introduction on how to properly serve a commencement document (focusing on Statements of Claim), and what to do if service seems impractical (or seemingly impossible). This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on December 3, 2021.
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62216.02This paper contains an overview of the technical requirements for writing a respondent’s factum in the Alberta Court of Appeal. It also provides tips for writing this type of factum (as compared to an appellant’s factum). This paper was presented at LESA’s Family Law Appeals webinar series on October 28, 2021 and November 18, 2021.
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62216.01The single most important document in any appeal is the factum. A strong factum will do most of the heavy lifting on an appeal. Alternatively, a bad factum may sink your case. This paper provides tips for writing an appellant’s factum and contains an overview of the technical requirements. This paper was presented at LESA’s Family Law Appeals webinar series on October 28, 2021 and November 18, 2021.
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62228.01Presented in the style of short snappers, this paper provides an overview of significant case law that interprets the Alberta Rules of Court on interesting points of law during the ‘COVID-19 years’ (2020-2021). Themes addressed include limitation periods, varying and setting aside orders, dismissal for delay, summary judgment post-Hannam, expert reports, remote questioning, and affidavits of records. This paper was presented at LESA’s Rules of Court Year in Review: What Litigators Need to Know webinar on September 14, 2021.
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62217.03Full of practical tips and considerations, this paper focuses on helping clients recover what they are owed, particularly by dodgy debtors, slippery swindlers, and downright scoundrels. It canvasses basic judgment enforcement principles, non-court remedies, and advice on how to litigate these types of matters. This paper was presented at LESA’s Debtor/Creditor Disputes webinar on May 18, 2021.
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62217.02Surveying prompt payment schemes in other countries and provinces of Canada, this paper discusses Alberta’s Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act. It also provides an overview of key features of this new piece of legislation. This paper was presented at LESA’s Debtor/Creditor Disputes webinar on May 11, 2021.
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62217.01Insolvency and restructuring proceedings in Canada involve complex legislation and common law rules and different insolvency regimes are often confused to be the same thing. When a company is unable to fulfill its obligations (financial or otherwise), we often hear the common parlance that such company is “bankrupt” or subject to “bankruptcy proceedings”. The distinction, however, between different insolvency regimes is critical, particularly where the intention is to restructure as opposed to liquidate these companies. This paper offers a high-level summary of the recovery practice in Canada. This paper was presented at LESA’s Debtor/Creditor Disputes webinar on May 11, 2021.