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Substantive Legal Knowledge
Substantive legal knowledge is at the core of your day to day practice. For every area of life, there is an area of law.
| Resource | Summary |
|---|---|
| Amendments to the Condominium Property Act: New Deposit Rules Effective April 1, 2018 | Effective Sunday, April 1, 2018, if a consumer is buying a new condominium in Alberta from a developer, the buyer’s purchase deposit must be held by an Alberta lawyer while the condominium is being built. |
| Canadian Bankers Association Contact List for Matters Involving Mortgage Discharges | Bank and contact information as of December 10, 2020. |
| CPD Tips: Substantive Legal Knowledge | Substantive legal knowledge is at the core of your day to day practice. For every area of life, there is an area of law. |
| Conveyancing Protocol | The Protocol prescribes enhanced standards of conveyancing practice, which will result in better service for clients. |
| Giving Independent Legal Advice | A person seeking independent legal advice is as much your client as any other. |
| Independent Legal Advice Checklist | Sample form. |
| Mortgage Instructions Toolkit | Prepared by the CBA Real Property Section, the practice tools in this toolkit can help you respond to some common lender instruction requests. |
| New Notaries and Commissioners Act in Force April 30, 2015 | They will now both be governed under the Notaries and Commissioners Act. The legislative amendments also contain consequential amendments to the Alberta Evidence Act and the Guarantees Acknowledgement Act. |
| Obligations of Notaries and Commissionaires | On September 7, 2018, the Court of Queen’s Bench issued a reminder that Alberta lawyers should not notarize or commission documents presented by Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) litigants. |