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The Partition Act: A Powerful Tool for Resolving Jointly Owned Property Disputes

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In the recently released decision of Ross v. Luypaert, 2025 ONCA 236, the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirmed that a co-owner of real estate can compel the sale of jointly owned property under the Partition Act. The only...more

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Alberta’s Surface Rights Board Subsumed Into the Land and Property Rights Tribunal

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The Government of Alberta continues to move ahead with the red tape reduction initiatives introduced under Bill 48, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2), including the legislative amalgamation that will see...more

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Not Just Linear Property Tax Priorities: Alberta Court of Appeal on Abuse of Process and Mootness

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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

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A Producing Royalty as an Interest in Land: The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Follows Dianor

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Holders of royalties in oil and gas and other minerals should take note of the recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in Manitok Energy Inc. (Re), 2018 ABQB 488 [Manitok], in which the Alberta Court followed...more

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Amendments to Alberta's Municipal Government Act Likely to Reduce Time and Cost of Property Tax Review Process

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As of January 1, 2017, amendments to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000 c. M 26 (MGA), came into force, changing how property owners can seek court review of Assessment Review Board decisions in Alberta....more

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