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Litigation involves the enforcement of private
rights in courts of law or before administrative tribunals. In Alberta courts of law
include: the Provincial Court, Civil Division, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Alberta
Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, and
the Tax Court of Canada. Some common administrative tribunals would include: the
Workers' Compensation Board and Development Appeal Boards.
Litigation is often broken down into sub-categories
including the following:
- corporate/commercial litigation
- construction litigation
- matrimonial and family law litigation
- administrative law litigation
- personal injury litigation
- real estate litigation
- insurance litigation
- bankruptcy and insolvency
- banking and lender liability litigation
- criminal law
- oil and gas, energy and natural resources
litigation
- expropriation
- agricultural litigation
Common grounds for litigation include:
- breach of contract
- negligence
- breach of fiduciary duties
- trespass
- unjust enrichment
- enforcement of security interests
- enforcement of liens
- debt collection
- enforcement of statutory rights
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