Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32
| Judge | Patricia Robotham; Barbara Lea Veldhuis; Thomas W. Wakeling |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
| Case Date | January 29, 2019 |
| Jurisdiction | Alberta |
| Citations | 2019 ABCA 32 |
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21 practice notes
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Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2020 SCC 25
...Rule” (2012), 75 M.L.R. 112. APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Rowbotham, Veldhuis and Wakeling JJ.A.), 2019 ABCA 32, 438 D.L.R. (4th) 195 , 70 C.B.R. (6th) 1 , 91 B.L.R. (5th) 1 , [2019] A.J. No. 99 (QL), 2019 CarswellAlta 125 (WL Can.), setting aside a decision o......
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Table of Cases
...[2004] OJ No 4879 ......................................................................351 Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32, 2019 CarswellAlta 125 ..... 228, 326 Cargill Ltd v Meyers Norris Penny Ltd , 2008 MBCA 104, 47 CBR (5th) 214 ....................................
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Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Company,
...advocate for the date the contingency fee agreement was re-executed, August 31, 2016. [3] Capital Steel Inc. v. Chandos Construction Ltd., 2019 ABCA 32, ¶ 190; 438 D.L.R. 4th 195, 259, aff’d, 2020 SCC 25, per Wakeling, J.A. (“Freedom of contract is a fundamental value in ......
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FRESH CONSIDERATION RULE: INSIGHTS FROM ITS RESURRECTION IN QUACH V MITRUX SERVICES LTD.
...& Ann M Mirabito, "The Death of Contracts" (2014) 52:2 Duq L Rev 345. (158) See e.g. Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32 (stating that "[w]hile freedom of contract is a bedrock community value, it is not the only ideal our society cherishes and protects. Some cont......
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7 cases
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Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2020 SCC 25
...Rule” (2012), 75 M.L.R. 112. APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Rowbotham, Veldhuis and Wakeling JJ.A.), 2019 ABCA 32, 438 D.L.R. (4th) 195 , 70 C.B.R. (6th) 1 , 91 B.L.R. (5th) 1 , [2019] A.J. No. 99 (QL), 2019 CarswellAlta 125 (WL Can.), setting aside a decision o......
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Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Company,
...advocate for the date the contingency fee agreement was re-executed, August 31, 2016. [3] Capital Steel Inc. v. Chandos Construction Ltd., 2019 ABCA 32, ¶ 190; 438 D.L.R. 4th 195, 259, aff’d, 2020 SCC 25, per Wakeling, J.A. (“Freedom of contract is a fundamental value in ......
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Jinnah v Alberta Dental Association and College,
...Notice” is reproduced verbatim in paragraph 32 of this judgment. [17] Capital Steel Inc. v. Chandos Construction Ltd., 2019 ABCA 32, ¶ 106; 438 D.L.R. 4th 195, 241, majority aff’d, 2020 SCC 25, per Wakeling, [18] R.S.A. 2000, c. H-7. [19] Appeal Panel Decision ¶ 88, ......
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Hutchingame Growth Capital Corporation v. Independent Electricity System Operator, 2020 ONCA 430
...Bank of Commerce v. Bramalea Inc. (1995), 33 O.R. (3d) 692, 1995 CanLII 7420 (C.J.); Capital Steel Inc. v. Chandos Construction Ltd., 2019 ABCA 32, 438 D.L.R. (4th) 195, at paras. 21 and 32, leave to appeal granted, [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 109. [43] In each of these cases, the bankruptcy had th......
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8 firm's commentaries
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Old Wine Into New Bottles: A Brief History And Current State Of The Law On Penalty Clauses
...by the courts, and there is a need for a more clear and modern test, as recently recognized in Capital Steel v Chandos Constructions Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32 ("Chandos"), per Wakeling JA (in An Overlooked and Under-Considered Threshold to the Penalty Rule There is a threshold issue to each analysi......
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Contractual Terms And Insolvency: The Supreme Court Reviews The Anti-Deprivation Rule
...this decision will be an important development in Canadian insolvency law. Footnotes Captial Steel Inc v. Chandos Construction Ltd., 2019 ABCA 32 Chandos at para Belmont Park Investments Pty Ltd. v. BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd. (2011), [2011] UKSC 38 see Chandos at para 46 Chandos at......
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Supreme Court To Consider Enforceability Of Consequences Imposed Upon Insolvency
...of Canada recently granted leave to appeal from the Alberta Court of Appeal's decision in Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32. The case addresses the enforceability of clauses that impose monetary consequences for breach of contract, particularly where those consequen......
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Supreme Court to Consider Enforceability of Consequences Imposed Upon Insolvency
...of Canada recently granted leave to appeal from the Alberta Court of Appeal's decision in Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32. The case addresses the enforceability of clauses that impose monetary consequences for breach of contract, particularly where those consequen......
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4 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...[2004] OJ No 4879 ......................................................................351 Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32, 2019 CarswellAlta 125 ..... 228, 326 Cargill Ltd v Meyers Norris Penny Ltd , 2008 MBCA 104, 47 CBR (5th) 214 ....................................
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FRESH CONSIDERATION RULE: INSIGHTS FROM ITS RESURRECTION IN QUACH V MITRUX SERVICES LTD.
...& Ann M Mirabito, "The Death of Contracts" (2014) 52:2 Duq L Rev 345. (158) See e.g. Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd, 2019 ABCA 32 (stating that "[w]hile freedom of contract is a bedrock community value, it is not the only ideal our society cherishes and protects. Some cont......
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Executory Contracts
...to them, and efectively divert the value to an unsecured creditor, is void. The majority in Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd , 2019 ABCA 32, leave to appeal allowd ( Capital Steel ), airmed this view. Aircell Communications Inc (Trustee of ) v Bell Mobility Cellular Inc , 2013 O......
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Priorities and Distribution
...as inefective within the context of bankruptcy. This was observed in the recent case of Capital Steel Inc v Chandos Construction Ltd , 2019 ABCA 32, leave to appeal allowed ( Capital Steel ). In Capital Steel , the majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal voided a contractual penalty imposed......