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  2. Law Society of Alberta - Wikipedia

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    The Law Society of Alberta (LSA) is the self-regulating body for lawyers in Alberta, Canada, established in 1907 [2] which derives its authority from the Legal Profession Act of the Government of Alberta. [4] Its main office is located in Calgary. As of 2023, there were 11,000 legal practitioners in Alberta regulated by the LSA. [5]

  3. Alberta (Education) v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency ...

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    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. [5]

  4. Bail in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The court may require that sureties (persons similar to co-signers on a loan) be added to the recognizance. The court has the ability to name specific individuals as sureties. [27] Sureties can apply to the court to be relieved of their obligations. This will usually result in the accused being arrested and held for a new release hearing. [34]

  5. Case citation - Wikipedia

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    United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States. Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported.

  6. Amendments to the Constitution of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Superior Court of Quebec and the Quebec Court of Appeal both rejected the claim, holding that, according to the Statute of Westminster, 1931, a constitutional amendment is not required to match Canada's rules of succession to those of the United Kingdom. [34] [35] The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal. [36]

  7. Edwards v Canada (AG) - Wikipedia

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    The Court's unanimous answer to that question was: The formal judgment of the court was as follows:— "Understood to mean 'Are women eligible for appointment to the Senate of Canada', the question is answered in the negative." [13] At that time, however, the Supreme Court was not the final arbiter of constitutional questions in Canada.

  8. Surrogacy in Canada - Wikipedia

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    In Alberta, a court order is required for parentage declaration. If there is no genetic link between the child and at least one of the intended parents, parents will have to go through the adoption process. If only one parent has a genetic link, they will appear solely on the birth certificate, and the other parent will have to adopt the child ...

  9. R v Comeau - Wikipedia

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    While the trial judge may have overreached in accepting historical evidence as to the interpretation of s. 121 (and thus breaching the Court's ruling in R v Mohan), "there is no principled basis to allow lower courts to overturn the decisions of higher courts where the trier of fact determines that the 'social and factual landscape' has changed ...