Alberta Court of Appeal
Alberta Court of Appeals Deliberate on the effect of Contracts in Child Support

October 18, 2017Jonathan Ablett
The effect of contracts on Section 3: Child Support was recently deliberated in the Alberta Court of Appeals in the case of Caufield v Wong, 2017 ABCA 288. Where the Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Chambers Judge that notwithstanding changes in the circumstances of the mother no child support will be paid…
Mandatory License suspensions struck down in Alberta Court of Appeal

May 26, 2017Alya Nazarali
The Alberta Court of Appeal handed down its decision last week, striking down the current law that indefinite license suspensions be imposed when a person is charged with an impaired driving offence. The mandatory license suspension law, which was struck down in a majority ruling on May 18, 2017, stated that anyone charged with an…