Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc,

JudgeSchutz,Slatter,Watson
Citation2022 ABCA 25
Date21 January 2022
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Docket Number2103-0005AC
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18 practice notes
  • Serinus Energy Plc v SysGen Solutions Group Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 7 Noviembre 2023
    ...that framing a precise definition of universal application is almost impossible: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at para 30, citing Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5), [2002] UKHL 19 at para 39, [2002] 2 AC 181 The Court of Appeal has c......
  • H2 Canmore Apartments LP v Cormode & Dickson Construction Edmonton Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 15 Julio 2024
    ...but related concept from piercing the corporate veil and it is an error to conflate them: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at paras 48-49; Parks v McAvoy, 2023 ABCA 211 at para 51 [ Parks CA]; Swanby v Tru-Square Homes Ltd, 2023 ABCA 224 at para 42, leave to app......
  • Larsen v Allam Farms Partnership,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 22 Noviembre 2024
    ...the Court's discretion whether or not to draw an adverse inference: ibid at para 88; Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at para 56 In my view, the Defendants did not identify any material point that Paul Larsen could have spoken to at trial. Additionally, they wer......
  • 1010805 Alberta Ltd v Sundial Growers Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 25 Marzo 2024
    ...52 The Arbitrator reviewed the leading caselaw on piercing the corporate veil, including Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 [ Driving Force] and Yaiguaje v Chevron Corporation, 20187 ONCA 472. The Arbitrator determined that this meant that corporate separateness i......
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  • Serinus Energy Plc v SysGen Solutions Group Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 7 Noviembre 2023
    ...that framing a precise definition of universal application is almost impossible: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at para 30, citing Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5), [2002] UKHL 19 at para 39, [2002] 2 AC 181 The Court of Appeal has c......
  • H2 Canmore Apartments LP v Cormode & Dickson Construction Edmonton Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 15 Julio 2024
    ...but related concept from piercing the corporate veil and it is an error to conflate them: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at paras 48-49; Parks v McAvoy, 2023 ABCA 211 at para 51 [ Parks CA]; Swanby v Tru-Square Homes Ltd, 2023 ABCA 224 at para 42, leave to app......
  • Larsen v Allam Farms Partnership,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 22 Noviembre 2024
    ...the Court's discretion whether or not to draw an adverse inference: ibid at para 88; Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at para 56 In my view, the Defendants did not identify any material point that Paul Larsen could have spoken to at trial. Additionally, they wer......
  • 1010805 Alberta Ltd v Sundial Growers Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 25 Marzo 2024
    ...52 The Arbitrator reviewed the leading caselaw on piercing the corporate veil, including Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 [ Driving Force] and Yaiguaje v Chevron Corporation, 20187 ONCA 472. The Arbitrator determined that this meant that corporate separateness i......
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  • Just When I Thought I Was Out' | Parks V McAvoy
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 17 Julio 2023
    ...an individual duty owed in tort". This was previously addressed by the Court of Appeal in Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25: This engages two separate but overlapping concepts. There are some occasions where the law will "lift the corporate veil", and find the di......