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The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI), the province's law commission, was given a mandate in 2001 to review the Rules of Court and produce recommendations for a new set of Rules. The project goal was to create rules that are clear, useful and effective tools for accessing a fair, timely and cost efficient civil justice system. Alta. Reg. 256/ ...
Vriend v Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 is an important Supreme Court of Canada case that determined that a legislative omission can be the subject of a Charter violation. The case involved a dismissal of a teacher because of his sexual orientation and was an issue of great controversy during that period.
Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta) [1987] 1 S.C.R. 313, commonly referred to as the Alberta Reference, was a leading opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Reference Re Alberta Statutes, [1] also known as the Alberta Press case and the Alberta Press Act Reference, is a landmark reference of the Supreme Court of Canada where several provincial laws, including one restricting the press, were struck down and the existence of an implied bill of rights protecting civil liberties such as a free press was first proposed.
The Coalition appealed the fair dealing issue to the Supreme Court maintaining that the Board's conclusion was not in accordance with the test in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 SCR 339 and was therefore unreasonable.
People principles progress : the Alberta Court of Appeal's first century, 1914-2014 (PDF). Calgary: The Legal Archives Society of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9681939-5-2. Swainger, Jonathan Scott, ed. (2007). The Alberta Supreme Court at 100: History & Authority. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-0-88864-493-0.
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII; French: Institut canadien d'information juridique) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in 2001 on behalf of its 14 member societies.
On September 26, 1996, the government of Alberta under Premier Ralph Klein submitted a reference question to the Alberta Court of Appeal under section 27 of the Judiciary Act. The Court was asked to determine whether the Firearms Act was in relation to matters under the jurisdiction of the federal government.