This week’s highly anticipated decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2024 ABCA 115 [Qualex] limits the application of Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Ltd, 2019...more
4/11/2024
/ Canada ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Remediation Costs ,
Land Developers ,
Land Owners ,
Property Damage ,
Property Owners ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Site Remediation
In a recent Bennett Jones Update—Property Tax Priorities in Alberta Insolvency Proceedings: Current Uncertainty—we discussed three recent decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta that had addressed the question of...more
2/20/2019
/ Abuse of Process ,
Appeals ,
Canada ,
Insolvency ,
Mootness ,
Municipalities ,
Proof of Claims ,
Property Owners ,
Property Tax ,
Receivership ,
Secured Debt ,
Tax Assessment ,
Unsecured Debt
As of January 1, 2017, amendments to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000 c. M 26 (MGA), came into force, changing how property owners can seek court review of Assessment Review Board decisions in Alberta....more