Jun 4, 2019 | Litigation, Personal Injury
An Affidavit of Records is a sworn document that sets out all of the ‘relevant and material records’ of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff is required to provide the Affidavit of Records to the lawyer for the Defendant within 3 months of having received the Defendant’s...
May 28, 2019 | Litigation
Early in the litigation process a decision must be made on whether to deal with an insurance adjuster or insist on a Statement of Defence. Under the Rules of Court, a Statement of Defence must be filed and served on the Plaintiff within (with some limited exceptions)...
May 21, 2019 | Litigation
Once you have filed your Statement of Claim (within two years of the date of your accident), the next deadline that you face under the Rules of Court, is that you must ‘serve’ the Statement of Claim on all of the people/companies that you have named as Defendants in...
May 16, 2019 | Litigation, Personal Injury
A ‘Statement of Claim’ is a relatively standardized document that contains the basic facts relating to your accident (time, date, location, parties involved, type and model of vehicle, description of how the collision occurred, type of injuries suffered, type of...
Apr 22, 2019 | Litigation
The reference to ‘Costs’ or ‘Court Costs’ during settlement discussions is typically a reference to a sum of money that would be calculated under ‘Schedule C’ in the Alberta Rules of Court. Basically everyone who successfully brings a legal claim is entitled to...