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Articles by Darin J. Hannaford
Accélérer la justice : l'Alberta instaure un délai cible de 36 mois pour les procès civils
L'approche des litiges civils prônée par l'Alberta est en profonde mutation. À compter du 1er septembre 2025, en vertu de l'avis Notice to the Profession and Public du 10 juillet 2025 (l'« avis ») publié par la Cour du Banc du Roi de l'Alberta, toutes les parties à une action civile (ne relevant pas du droit de la famille) doivent déposer un plan de litige obligatoire au cours des quatre mois suivant le dépôt de la première défense.
Accelerating Justice: Alberta Targets 36-month Deadline For Civil Trials
A profound shift is underway in Alberta's approach to civil litigation. Effective September 1, 2025, pursuant to the Alberta Court of King's Bench Notice to the Profession and Public dated July 10, 2025 (the "Notice"), all parties to a civil (non-family) action must file a mandatory litigation plan within four months of service of the first Statement of Defence.
Giving the “thumbs up” to contractual acceptance
Compared to other forms of communication, authors of text messages tend to prefer brevity. Why use more words when less words will work? Better yet, why use words at all when an emoji can accurately deliver a message? This kind of thinking is common amongst texters, including the defendant in a recent case out of the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench, South West Terminal Ltd. v Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023 SKKB 116 [“South West”].
Alberta's New Impaired Driving Laws
Canada: Alberta's New Impaired Driving Laws 06 January 2021 by Darin J. Hannaford and Julia Amelio Miller Thomson LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (the “Act”) came into force on December 1, 2020. The Government of Alberta has stated the purpose of the Act is to simplify its existing impaired driving programs and strengthen its impaired driving laws.
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