Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
JudgeHonourable Mr. Justice S.N. Mandziuk
Neutral Citation2021 ABQB 514
Citation2021 ABQB 514
Docket Number0810 01112
Date07 July 2021

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5 practice notes
  • Recycling Worx Solutions Inc v Hunter
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 27, 2023
    ...29-30; 330626 Alberta Ltd v Ho & Laviolette Engineering Ltd, 2018 ABQB 398 at paras 68-69; Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 86 [Gammage]. As discussed further below, there are an increasing number of recognized situations where it is insufficient for a defend......
  • Waquan v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 10, 2026
    ...the action in accordance with the principles of timeliness, cost-effectiveness and efficiency: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 85, citing Pillar Resource Services Inc v PrimeWest Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 19 at para 136. It is not enough for a defenda......
  • Woodbridge Homes Inc v Randle
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • December 21, 2023
    ...to prevent reliance on hearsay affidavits when the very existence of a legal action is at stake: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 6 [Gammage]. However, some flexibility is required in interpreting this rule: Goodswimmer v Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ABCA 365 ......
  • Condominium Corporation 052 0580 (o/a The Tradition at Southbrook) v Carrington Holdings Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 16, 2022
    ...evidence and must be “reasonably capable of belief and sufficient to excuse or justify the delay”: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 103 (Gammage), citing Fraser v Jeffries, 2019 ABQB 145 at para [135] In Fode v Paragon Gaming EC Company, 2020 ABQB 266, Master Sch......
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  • Recycling Worx Solutions Inc v Hunter
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 27, 2023
    ...29-30; 330626 Alberta Ltd v Ho & Laviolette Engineering Ltd, 2018 ABQB 398 at paras 68-69; Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 86 [Gammage]. As discussed further below, there are an increasing number of recognized situations where it is insufficient for a defend......
  • Waquan v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 10, 2026
    ...the action in accordance with the principles of timeliness, cost-effectiveness and efficiency: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 85, citing Pillar Resource Services Inc v PrimeWest Energy Inc, 2017 ABCA 19 at para 136. It is not enough for a defenda......
  • Woodbridge Homes Inc v Randle
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • December 21, 2023
    ...to prevent reliance on hearsay affidavits when the very existence of a legal action is at stake: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 6 [Gammage]. However, some flexibility is required in interpreting this rule: Goodswimmer v Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ABCA 365 ......
  • Condominium Corporation 052 0580 (o/a The Tradition at Southbrook) v Carrington Holdings Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 16, 2022
    ...evidence and must be “reasonably capable of belief and sufficient to excuse or justify the delay”: Gammage v Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, 2021 ABQB 514 at para 103 (Gammage), citing Fraser v Jeffries, 2019 ABQB 145 at para [135] In Fode v Paragon Gaming EC Company, 2020 ABQB 266, Master Sch......
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