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The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is recommending replacing the Dower Act with new legislation. The Dower Act protects a spouse if the couple’s home is solely owned by the other spouse. It has two features that prevent a non-owner spouse from losing their home unexpectedly:
Some of ALRI’s recommendations are:
See the full report at ALRI's website. On August 8th, the Commission released Final Report #143- The Law of Partition and Sale. The full report can be found here. The Executive Summary can be found here. Visit the Manitoba Law Reform Commission website for more info on their work. The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) has released its Study Paper on Public Hearings: An Examination of Public Participation in the Adoption of Local Bylaws on Land Use and Planning. This study paper provides a comprehensive overview of British Columbia’s public hearings law and lays the necessary groundwork to initiate law-reform projects to determine how public hearings could be transformed to better serve communities in BC.
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(QUEBEC INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE REFORM) The Alberta Law Reform Institute proposes law reform to the Personal Property Security Act10/14/2021 Download Final Report 116, Personal Property Security Law
The Alberta Personal Property Security Act [PPSA] came into force in 1990 and produced a significant improvement in secured transactions in Alberta by removing many of the restrictions and limitations that prevented the use of secured credit. Since 1990, it has become clear that several areas of the law are in need of reform. Modern online banking, ecommerce and ambiguities in the law contribute to the need for reform. The PPSA also did not anticipate some kinds of disputes that would be litigated in today’s courts and did not provide rules for the resolution of these cases. Final Report 116, Personal Property Security Law aims to increase certainty in secured transactions law with recommendations to bring the PPSA up-to-date and inline with other Canadian jurisdictions. Get the report at the Alberta Law Reform Institute's website. |
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