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Surveying 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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This paper provides an overview of the negotiations of the commercial lease after the offer to lease has been executed. Common areas of contention, including operating costs, relocation, use, and default clauses, are analyzed from both the tenant and landlord perspective. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate: Leasing program in Lake Louise on October 23, 2020.
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This paper provides an overview of the legislation and case law respecting force majeure clauses in commercial leases, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate: Leasing program in Lake Louise on October 23, 2020.
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This paper provides an overview of the Letter of Intent and the Offer to Lease in the commercial leasing context. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate: Leasing program in Lake Louise on October 23, 2020.
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This paper provides tools to negotiate through potential contentious real estate matters in the purchase contract. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Residential Real Estate: Avoiding Problems that Lead to Conflict & Liability program in Lake Louise on October 24, 2020.
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This paper provides basic information on the Alberta Lawyers Indemnity Association’s (“ALIA”) role in negligence claims within residential real estate transactions. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Residential Real Estate: Avoiding Problems that Lead to Conflict & Liability program in Lake Louise on October 24, 2020.
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Understanding how and when trust conditions are problematic requires understanding of what trust conditions are, how they arise, what their effect is, and what the Law Society of Alberta’s role is in regulating lawyer conduct vis-à-vis trust conditions. Learn what a trust condition is, what is required to establish a trust condition and what is the effect of a trust condition. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Residential Real Estate: Avoiding Problems that Lead to Conflict & Liability program in Lake Louise on October 24, 2020.
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This paper reviews landlord remedies for a tenant’s failure to pay rent or in the event of a fundamental breach of the lease, including an interviewing formal insolvency proceeding.
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This paper provides an outline of how lenders approach providing financing to a commercial tenant, where the borrower has a leasehold interest in the property and, therefore, does not hold legal title. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate: Leasing program in Lake Louise on October 23, 2020.
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This paper examines ten of the most common issues which arise for lawyers representing purchasers in developer transactions.
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This paper examines three situations in condo conveyancing that have the potential to result in unexpected liabilities attaching to a unit. Specifically, special assessments under s. 39 of the Condominium Property Act, builders’ liens and arrears, fines and charge backs.
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This paper examines all 3 of these types of condominium project. The paper reviews the mixed use condo, whether a non-residential condominium is available under the legislation, issues surrounding the combination of residential units with business units; it examines the governing documents in strata plans; and at issues surrounding the development of condominiums in phases, discussing the amendments to the Act that allow it.
