Carscallen Blog

Commercial Litigation Covid-19

Written by Carrie Akister The Provincial Court of Alberta (“Provincial Court”) has implemented its staged resumption of court activities, following the temporary suspension of court...

Commercial Litigation Wins

Written by Michael B. Niven, Q.C. & Michael A. Custer Carscallen litigators Michael B. Niven, Q.C. and Michael Custer recently won a high profile judicial review action in the Court of...

Commercial Litigation

Written by Nicholas M. Ramessar, Carrie Akister & Zubair Hussain As Alberta courts gradually resume hearings both in-person and remotely following the temporary closure of court...

Employment, Labour and Human Rights Law Covid-19

Written by Catherine A. Crang, Q.C. and Aicha Kouyaté The Alberta government recently introduced legislation entitled Bill 24: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act 2020...

Covid-19 Banking and Financial Services

Written by John M. Davidson and Zubair Hussain

Business Law Covid-19

Written by Paul Klein  A number of governmental measures and economic benefits have now been introduced to assist small businesses suffering economically as a result of the COVID-19...

Domestic and Matrimonial Law Covid-19

Written by Ryan J. Barata and Grand W.D. Cameron As we enter the third month of the COVID-19 pandemic (“Pandemic”), both the Provincial Court of Alberta and the Court of Queen’s Bench...

Covid-19 Commercial Real Estate and Leasing

Written by Nicholas M. Ramessar The federal government announced yesterday that the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (“CECRA”) program for small businesses will open for...

Commercial Litigation Covid-19

Written by Natalie L. Leclerc The Provincial Court of Alberta and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (together, the “Alberta Courts”) are currently closed (as of March 17, 2020) due to...

Privacy Law Covid-19

Written by Theresa M. Nolan The Alberta government recently launched a new, voluntary COVID-19 contact-tracing application for Albertans to download to their cell phones and mobile...