ALRI is recommending that the law of adverse possession be abolished in Alberta. This change would prevent new claims from being brought in the future, but would not affect claims that have been resolved or filed with the court before the change comes into effect.This change would mean that a registered owner of land could recover possession at any time and would not have to act within the 10-year limitation period that currently applies.

If adverse possession is abolished, claims regarding lasting improvements to the wrong land under section 69 of the Law of Property Act would have a more prominent role in resolving disputes concerning possession of land. To facilitate equitable resolution of disputes, ALRI recommends that an assign of the lasting improvement should not have to prove whether the person who made the improvement believed it was their land. This change would make section 69 consistent with how courts have applied it. ALRI also recommends that section 69 claims can be brought at any time.

Download Final Report 115, Adverse Possession and Lasting Improvements to Wrong Land

A police record check is a search of police databases to determine if they contain any entries (information) relating to an individual. Many employers, volunteer organizations and others use police record checks as a screening tool. That is, they use police record checks to assess applicants’ suitability for opportunities.

Determining what information should be disclosed in the results of a police record check involves balancing public safety interests with an applicant’s privacy and human rights.

ALRI conducted some preliminary research to determine whether it should undertake a police record check law reform project. As part of its research, ALRI compared Ontario’s police record check legislation with the AACP procedures. ALRI determined that the AACP procedures could be improved, but recognized that they are relatively new and that the AACP is open to revising them. 

ALRI’s paper contains its preliminary research findings. Its publication is intended to promote discussion about police record check practices in Alberta.

​Get the paper here.

"On March 27th, the Commission released its Final Report titled "Reform of The Wills Act, The Law of Property Act, And The Beneficiary Designation Act, Revisited".


In this report, the Commission revisits the recommendations for reform contained in its 2003 report and makes 17 recommendations to update The Wills Actand related legislation. The recommendations contained in this report seek to improve and modernize the legislation to help Manitobans carry out their testamentary intentions.
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The full report can be found here.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• Court procedures and orders make up the subject of January 2020 Child Protection Project Committee meeting​

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• Professor Barb Billingsley Joins ALRI Board

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF SASKATCHEWAN

• The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan releases Proposals for a Land Charges Act Paper

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission has released its Consultation Report titled Bridging the Gap for Remote Communities: Electronic Witnessing of Affidavit Evidence

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• Law Commission of Ontario launches Final Report: Defamation Law in the Internet Age
  

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI is asking for public and stakeholder input on current and emerging law reform needs in BC.

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI to meet with Alberta Branch of the Canadian Bar Association to discuss potential reform of the Legal Profession Act​.

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission has released its Consultation Report titled Abandoned Accounts and Missing Money: Establishing a Process for Unclaimed Intangible Personal Property.

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• LCO presents at the Health Professionals Appeal and Review Board annual member conference on the work the LCO has conducted for its Last Stages of Life Indigenous Engagement.

The Commission has released a final report on Creating Efficiencies in the Law: The Beneficiary Designation Act (Retirement, Savings and Other Plans).
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The Commission makes eight recommendations to improve The Beneficiary Designation Act. If implemented, these recommendations would help to fill gaps in the current legislation. This report is limited to reviewing specific aspects of The Beneficiary Designation Act and is not a wholesale review of the Act. It forms part of a series of reports entitled Creating Efficiencies in the Law, which seek to address discrete, straightforward issues that, in the Commission’s view, can be improved with relatively simple legislative amendments.

To read the report, click here.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI launches new project page for the Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act Project

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI publishes consultation and Report for Discussion 33, Adverse Possession and Lasting Improvements to Wrong Land
• ​ALRI publishes its 2018-2019 annual report

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission has released a consultation report on reform of The Wills Act

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• LCO Launches Class Actions Final Report