Substantial changes to secured transactions law and judgment enforcement law took effect June 1, 2024. The changes to the Personal Property Security Act – the most extensive amendments since the Act came into force in 1990 – are accompanied by corresponding amendments to the Civil Enforcement Act. Explore the amendments and their impact on your practice. These on-demand programs were originally presented on June 5, 2024. The total running time for each presentation ranges between 1 hour to 1 hour, 35 minutes.

Substantial changes to secured transactions law and judgment enforcement law took effect June 1, 2024. Explore some of the amendments to the Personal Property Security Act and their impact on your practice, with topics including an overview of the amendments, and an exploration of changes to purchase money security interests. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on June 5, 2024.  Total running time is 1 hour, 24 minutes.

Substantial changes to secured transactions law and judgment enforcement law took effect June 1, 2024. Explore some of the amendments to the Personal Property Security Act and their impact on your practice, with topics including transferees of collateral, electronic chattel paper, and other priority rules. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on June 5, 2024.  Total running time is 1 hour, 30 minutes.

Substantial changes to secured transactions law and judgment enforcement law took effect June 1, 2024. Explore some of the amendments to the Personal Property Security Act and their impact on your practice, with topics including conflicts of laws, registration, and registration errors. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on June 5, 2024.  Total running time is 1 hour, 35 minutes.

Substantial changes to secured transactions law and judgment enforcement law took effect June 1, 2024. Explore miscellaneous amendments to the Personal Property Security Act, amendments to the Civil Enforcement Act, and the impact of these amendments in practice. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on June 5, 2024.  Total running time is 1 hour, 5 minutes.

This guide bridges the gap between the Alberta Law Reform Institute’s Report on Personal Property Security Law and the new legislative provisions in force as of June 1, 2024. It also includes commentary that summarizes the changes to the PPSA brought about by the amendment. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s PPSA Update in Edmonton on June 5, 2024 and was also presented at LESA’s Corporate/Commercial Refresher: Transactions and Litigation program in Lake Louise from May 2–5, 2024.

This paper examines new and emerging legislative and judicial developments in personal property security law and highlights fundamental principles that underlie the Personal Property Security Act [PPSA]. It includes a discussion of conflict of laws provisions, operational features of the PPSA, and significant legislative changes relating to aircraft and Bank Act security. The paper also reviews recent jurisprudence related to the effect of misdescription of collateral in security agreements, buyer cut-off rules, registration errors, and the effect of a subsequent registration lapse on priorities. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Personal Property Security and Debt Recovery Essentials program in Edmonton on May 17, 2017 and in Calgary on May 24, 2017.

Determining the purpose and objectives of long-standing and established federal insolvency systems has generally not been difficult. The same cannot be said for federal receivership provisions. The Supreme Court of Canada undertook a search for the purpose behind these federal receivership provisions in Saskatchewan (Attorney General) v Lemare Lake Logging Ltd, 2015 SCC 53. That case, which has cast doubt on whether receivership law should be characterized as a federal insolvency system, serves as the central focus of this paper. The author seeks to explain how and why this questioning of receivership law has come to pass, and considers its future implications. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s 2016 The Constitution in the Insolvency Tool Box program.

Prepared by two experts in their field, this paper offers an informative and detailed overview of the aspects of registration outlined in its title. Topics include the contents of registration, collateral descriptions, verification statements, registration amendments and errors, priorities, and issues surrounding searches and search criteria. This paper was presented at the PPSA Basics program in March, 2014.  

These experts provide history and background on the reach of the Personal Property Security Act. In particular, they focus on the concept of secured financing, detailing the seven categories of collateral and looking at issues including the characterization of leases, deemed security interests, and competitions among secured parties. This paper was presented at the PPSA Basics program in March, 2014.