Alberta litigators wanting to hone their skills, especially junior lawyers or others working to develop expertise in the area of chambers advocacy, can find no better resource than Daniel T. Gallagher QC’s paper,
Common Contested Chambers’ Applications.
This classic offering from a top Alberta litigator has recently been updated. At a whopping 59 pages of advice and law plus over 200 pages of precedents, this paper details the court applications that practitioners will come across most often, including those involving:
- Pleadings amendments,
- Security for costs,
- Dismissal for delayed prosecution,
- Applications to compel,
- Appeals from the Master,
- Trial of an issue,
- Summary judgment, and
- Setting aside a default judgment.
Rounded out with a step-by-step chambers checklist, this is a resource litigators should not be without.
You can view some sample pages or purchase Common Contested Chambers’ Applications online.
Note: If you previously purchased this resource, you can get the updated version at no charge. Simply login to your LESA account, click the Orders “Download Documents” link, and select the paper for re-download.
Karen McDougall
LESA Counsel
