Our courts generally award some additional money to whomever is more successful in their litigation as costs. This is designed to discourage litigating losing cases. But enforcing a cost award can be more trouble than it is worth, and many cost awards don’t ever get paid. When awarded costs people tend to do one of […]
An interesting case out this month, where a husband’s failure to follow the Dower Act cost him $75,000 and his house. The Dower Act is a 100-year-old relic of a time when women had to be protected in case their husbands gave the family farm away in his will or sold the family home and […]
For those of you who are considering litigation, the current wait times for hearings in Calgary are as follows: (20 minute) Justice chambers: none to minimal (1-2 days) 1 hour domestic special: 6 months ½ day domestic special: 13 months Justice Chambers (AKA Morning Chambers) is a relief valve for emergency matters, consent orders, ex-parte […]
