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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23 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......
  • Kuipers v NEP Ltd GP Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 6 Mayo 2025
    ...the tort of conversion, but held that there must be a “wrongful act” or “unlawful act”: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at paras 29–33. The Court of Appeal referred to 373409 Alberta Ltd. (Receiver of) v Bank of Montreal, 2002 SCC 81, at para 9, for an explanat......
  • Distinct Real Estate USA 2 v Wazonek,,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 6 Mayo 2025
    ...2019 ABCA 98 at para 18; Hogarth v Rocky Mountain Slate Inc, 2013 ABCA 57 at para 107; Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at paras 48–49; Parks v McAvoy, 2023 ABCA 211; Swanby v Tru-Square Homes Ltd, 2023 ABCA 224 at para 42; H2 Canmore Apartments LP v Cormode &am......
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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......
  • Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 26 Agosto 2025
    ...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 appe......
  • Kuipers v NEP Ltd GP Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 6 Mayo 2025
    ...the tort of conversion, but held that there must be a “wrongful act” or “unlawful act”: Driving Force Inc v I Spy-Eagle Eyes Safety Inc, 2022 ABCA 25 at paras 29–33. The Court of Appeal referred to 373409 Alberta Ltd. (Receiver of) v Bank of Montreal, 2002 SCC 81, at para 9, for an explanat......
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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......