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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…
Lack of a single comma subject of $10 million lawsuit

March 21, 2017Jonathan Ablett
In a lesson teaching the importance of clarity for drafters of legislation and contracts alike, the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard and ruled in favour of unionized workers in a class-action case whereby an ongoing $10 million action hinges on a single comma. Unionized workers in this case were alleging that…