Home / Around Canada / This Calgary woman won a $13K settlement — but says her paralegal kept the money Concern that lack of oversight for paralegals, especially in Alberta, leaves clients without any protection Samantha Kirkpatrick sued a contractor over shoddy work with the help of a Calgary paralegal. But she says she never got the $13,000 settlement the paralegal negotiated, and Alberta’s lack of regulation has left her with little recourse.