In the unrelated companion cases of Aquino v Bondfield Construction Co, 2024 SCC 31 (Aquino) and Scott v Golden Oaks Enterprises Inc, 2024 SCC 32 (Golden Oaks), the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC or the Court) applied the...more
In late May, the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) denied an application for leave to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta (the ABCA), which, in turn, had denied leave to appeal of the decision of the Court of...more
The Alberta Court of King's Bench (the Court) has confirmed that the abandonment and reclamation obligations owed to the Orphan Well Association (OWA) and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) rank in priority to claims of...more
On November 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its much-anticipated decision in Peace River Hydro Partners v Petrowest Corp, 2022 SCC 41, addressing a key intersection of insolvency and arbitration law—whether...more
11/11/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitrators ,
Canada ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Insolvency ,
Supreme Court of Canada
On March 30, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal issued its much anticipated decision in Manitok Energy Inc (Re), 2022 ABCA 117 [Manitok ABCA] which considered whether, as a result of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in...more
The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench has issued several conflicting decisions on whether a stay of proceedings in an insolvency matter should be temporarily lifted to allow enforcement of a contractual right to immediately...more
In a recent Bennett Jones Update—Property Tax Priorities in Alberta Insolvency Proceedings: Current Uncertainty—we discussed three recent decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta that had addressed the question of...more
2/20/2019
/ Abuse of Process ,
Appeals ,
Canada ,
Insolvency ,
Mootness ,
Municipalities ,
Proof of Claims ,
Property Owners ,
Property Tax ,
Receivership ,
Secured Debt ,
Tax Assessment ,
Unsecured Debt
Recent decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta have put into question the priority of municipal property taxes in insolvency proceedings. Two such decisions are the subject of pending appeals. A third recent...more