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This paper provides some background on the intersection of family violence and family law, particularly parenting issues, and your obligations to your client. It also highlights recent amendments to the Divorce Act that touch on family violence.
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This paper reviews key factors and ethical issues that lawyers must consider when preparing, drafting, and advising clients on cohabitation agreements.
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This paper surveys current court processes for family law matters at the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and Alberta Provincial Court (as of January 2021). It also provides a helpful overview of procedural requirements for various types of applications and court documents.
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This template letter, written from the perspective of counsel for a purchaser, provides sample clauses that will assist practitioners in determining the scope and depth of due diligence inquiries. This paper was presented at LESA’s Due Diligence in M&A Transactions webinar on January 21, 2021.
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This paper addresses specifically how “informal offers” of settlement have been treated and considered in contrast to “formal offers” by the Alberta Courts prior to the Rule 10.33(2) Amendment. This paper includes sample orders, Alberta Rules of Court Amendment Regulations, and excerpts from Rules of Court. This paper was presented at LESA’s To See or Not to See: The Impact of Without Prejudice Offers to Settle on Future Costs Awards webinar on November 19, 2020.
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This paper will explore the substantive and procedural requirements that exist in Alberta that are required to obtain an order permitting the service of an action outside the geographical boundaries of Canada. In doing so, the applicable Rules governing service ex juris will be examined, as well as the test that Alberta Courts apply when deciding whether to permit service ex juris. For a webinar include this statement: This paper was presented at LESA’s Rules of Court 2020 webinar on November 4 & 5, 2020.
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This paper sets out four principles for drafting pleadings strategically – pleading particulars; pleading adverse interests; pleading to inform the scope of document production; and pleading to inform the scope of questioning. Applying these principles will help to ensure pleadings adequately present the claim/defence, and obtain the evidence necessary to make one’s case. This paper was presented at LESA’s Rules of Court 2020 webinar on November 4 & 5, 2020.
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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.