Alberta v Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221

JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Ronald Berger,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Madam Justice Sheila Greckol
Citation2017 ABCA 221
Docket Number1603-0148-AC
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Date04 July 2017
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24 practice notes
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...needs to be able to prepare their case with confidence that the 126 See Blank , above note 49 at para 60. 127 Alberta v Suncor Inc , 2017 ABCA 221 [ Alberta v Suncor Inc ]; Canadian Natural Resources , above note 54. 128 Alberta v Suncor Inc , above note 127 at para 35. 129 Ibid at para 34.......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Environmental Law. Fifth Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...Commission) (1994), 21 OR (3d) 104, 121 DLR (4th) 79, 77 OAC 155 (CA) ................................ 214 Alberta v Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 ....................................................211 Alberta Wilderness Assn v Alberta (Environmental Appeal Board), 2013 ABQB 44 ..............
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...305 Alberta (Public Trustee) v Walker (1981), 122 DLR (3d) 411 (Alta CA) ........... 209 Alberta v Suncor Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 ................................................................ 319 Algoma Central Ry v Herb Fraser & Assoc Ltd (1988), 66 OR (2d) 330 (Div Ct) ...........................
  • Mbh v Cki,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 15, 2023
    ...is not privileged as litigation privilege: Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 at para 6; Alberta v Suncor Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 at para 12. Pages 29-30 – March 2, 2022 Visit Record 57 These redactions are relevant and material to the parenting applications and the ......
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10 cases
  • Mbh v Cki,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 15, 2023
    ...is not privileged as litigation privilege: Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 at para 6; Alberta v Suncor Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 at para 12. Pages 29-30 – March 2, 2022 Visit Record 57 These redactions are relevant and material to the parenting applications and the ......
  • R. v. HUSKY ENERGY INC., 2017 SKQB 383
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • December 20, 2017
    ...internal investigation does not demonstrate that the document was created for the dominant purpose of litigation: Alberta v Suncor Inc., 2017 ABCA 221, [2017] 9 WWR 478 [Suncor]. [15] Where the privilege claimed is solicitor-client privilege, if a document contains both privileged and non-p......
  • Boldt v. College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, 2023 FC 802
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • June 7, 2023
    ...whether the dominant purpose of their creation was in contemplation of litigation, which was not done here: Alberta v Suncore Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 [Suncore] (leave to appeal to the SCC refused) at para [74] While the Panel could have provided more substantive reasons, I find that the Panel&#x......
  • Blough v Busy Music Inc, 2018 ABQB 560
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • July 25, 2018
    ...indicates communications between a client and a legal advisor related to seeking or receiving legal advice”: Alberta v Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 [Suncor] at para [79] I disagree with the assertion that Rath’s supplemental affidavit of records fails to identify any of the relevant and......
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9 firm's commentaries
  • Internal Investigations And Disclosure Of Sensitive Information: What Protections Can Legal Privileges Offer?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 18, 2020
    ...v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2002] B.C.J. No. 2779 (BCCA); Husky, 27, 39; Alberta v. Suncor Energy Inc., 2017 ABCA 221, leave to appeal to the SCC 15 Talisman, 13; Sidibé c. Banque de développement du Canada, 2018 QCCQ 9049, 52; Husky , 49. 16 R. v. Gruenke, ......
  • Alberta's Highest Court Clarifies OHS Law: Privilege Must Be Proven
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • July 19, 2017
    ...2017 ABCA 221, the Alberta Court of Appeal has considered and clarified the application of solicitor-client privilege and litigation privilege to incidents under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). This case involved a fatal workplace incident at a Suncor location near Fort......
  • Alberta's Highest Court Clarifies OHS Law: Privilege Must Be Proven
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 18, 2017
    ...its decision this week in Alberta v. Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221, the Alberta Court of Appeal has considered and clarified the application of solicitor-client privilege and litigation privilege to incidents under Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). This case involved a......
  • Alberta Employers Cannot Claim 'Blanket' Privilege On Materials Following A Workplace Accident
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 9, 2017
    ...Alberta Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Alberta v Suncor Inc., 2017 ABCA 221, which clarified an employer's ability to claim privilege over information and materials that are created or collected during an internal investigation following a workplace accident. The Court of......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...needs to be able to prepare their case with confidence that the 126 See Blank , above note 49 at para 60. 127 Alberta v Suncor Inc , 2017 ABCA 221 [ Alberta v Suncor Inc ]; Canadian Natural Resources , above note 54. 128 Alberta v Suncor Inc , above note 127 at para 35. 129 Ibid at para 34.......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Environmental Law. Fifth Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...Commission) (1994), 21 OR (3d) 104, 121 DLR (4th) 79, 77 OAC 155 (CA) ................................ 214 Alberta v Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 ....................................................211 Alberta Wilderness Assn v Alberta (Environmental Appeal Board), 2013 ABQB 44 ..............
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...305 Alberta (Public Trustee) v Walker (1981), 122 DLR (3d) 411 (Alta CA) ........... 209 Alberta v Suncor Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 ................................................................ 319 Algoma Central Ry v Herb Fraser & Assoc Ltd (1988), 66 OR (2d) 330 (Div Ct) ...........................
  • Corporate Environmental Obligations and Directors' and Officers' Liability
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Environmental Law. Fifth Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...blanket” over information connected to an internal business investigation channeled through counsel, see Alberta v Suncor Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 221 at paras 34–37. 46 NSEA , above note 19, s 70. 47 CEPA 1999 Policy , above note 42 at 17. 48 Ibid . EN VIRONMENTAL LAW 212 Department with deta......

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