Adverse domination or 2-year limitation? Limitation periods applicable to shareholder actions to recover wrongful corporate payments
Shareholders of corporations, particularly private corporations, may have limited visibility on how the directors and officers conduct the business of the corporation. Due to this limited visibility, improper financial transactions by those who control the day-to-day affairs of the corporation […]
Key changes impacting the Courts of Alberta
The Queen’s Bench becomes the King’s Bench, the term “Master” is phased out, and other changes of note The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench issued several notices in August and September 2022, announcing important changes to civil practice in the […]
Thoughts on final resting places
Testators generally put much thought into the distribution of their estate. In addition, many testators give instructions for their funeral, how their remains are to be handled and where their remains should be placed. However, many testators may not consider […]
Deception and Dower: Cases of Dower fraud in Alberta and Saskatchewan
The forms and procedures required in Alberta’s and Saskatchewan’s provincial “homestead legislation” create dower rights, which act as safeguards to protect spouses who do not own their homes (the non-owning spouse) from having their homes sold without their consent. However, […]
