Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684

JudgeGoss
Citation2017 ABQB 684
Date15 November 2017
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Docket Number0803 09004, 1404 00667, 1504 00079

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85 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Information and Privacy Law in Canada
    • June 25, 2020
    ...8 Alderville First Nation v Canada, 2017 FC 631 ................................................. 272 Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 ................................................................. 99 AM v Ryan, [1997] 1 SCR 157................................................................
  • Civil Claims for Violation of Privacy
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Information and Privacy Law in Canada
    • June 25, 2020
    ...BDC v BJB , 2012 YKSC 64. In Alberta, see Martin v General Team-sters, Local Union No 362 , 2011 ABQB 412; Al-Ghamdi v Alberta , 2017 ABQB 684; Kang v MB , 2019 ABQB 246; but see Carbone , above note 283. See Barbara von Tigerstrom, “Direct and Vicarious Liability for Tort Claims Involving ......
  • Kang v MB, 2019 ABQB 246
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 5, 2019
    ...SCC 27 and R v Cody, 2017 SCC 31. In a case where the test for striking out a pleading was comprehensively reviewed, Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684, Goss J stated that “[t]he test for striking out has evolved in accordance with the cultural shift” reflected in Hyrniak (at para 104). She......
  • NEVSUN, ATLANTIC LOTTERY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OR THE 2020 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MOTION TO STRIKE DECISIONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 72, January 2021
    • January 1, 2021
    ...Ltd, 2019 ABQB 404, [2019] AJ No 724; Turp v Canada (Minister of Foreign Affairs), 2018 FC 12, [2018] FCJ No 203; Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684, [2017] AJ No 1218; Nool v Carido, 2016 ONCJ 639, [2016] OJ No 5505; Resolute Forest Products Inc v 2471256 Canada Inc, 2016 ONSC 5398, 133 OR......
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  • Kang v MB, 2019 ABQB 246
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 5, 2019
    ...SCC 27 and R v Cody, 2017 SCC 31. In a case where the test for striking out a pleading was comprehensively reviewed, Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684, Goss J stated that “[t]he test for striking out has evolved in accordance with the cultural shift” reflected in Hyrniak (at para 104). She......
  • Paraniuk v Pierce, 2018 ABQB 1015
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • December 13, 2018
    ...ensure video evidence was lost. [15] The test to strike out a pleading per Rule 3.68 is comprehensively reviewed in Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 at paras 101-128. Briefly, the modern approach to Rule 3.68 conducts this process in light of the “culture shift” that courts must provide a......
  • El Sayed v Canada (Minister of Justice and Solicitor General), 2021 ABQB 987
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • December 13, 2021
    ...the Parole Board of Canada Appeal Division. Failure to exhaust administrative processes is an abuse of the Court: Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 at paras 126-128, aff’d 2020 ABCA 81, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 39389 (February 5, [50]       ......
  • Harun-ar-Rashid v Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 2019 ABQB 54
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 23, 2019
    ...[38] Other cases that support this ratio of Seneca College v Bhadauria and demonstrate its clear application include Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 and FRN v Alberta, 2014 ABQB 375, 315 CRR (2d) [39] Accordingly, on the most liberal reading of the Statement of Claim, a tort action for d......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Civil Privacy Law In Alberta: Where Do We Go From Here?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 15, 2025
    ...to address that wrong, and be an appropriate subject of judicial consideration". Other Alberta decisions have cited Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 (affirmed in 2020 ABCA 81) as authority for the proposition that there is no common law tort of breach of privacy in Alberta. I propose that......
  • Halting Vexatious Litigants In Their Tracks
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 11, 2021
    ...Regulatory Group is here to assist regulators with all types of litigation and at every level of Court. Footnote 1 Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 at para The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about yo......
  • Halting Vexatious Litigants In Their Tracks
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 11, 2021
    ...Regulatory Group is here to assist regulators with all types of litigation and at every level of Court. Footnote 1 Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 at para The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about yo......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Information and Privacy Law in Canada
    • June 25, 2020
    ...8 Alderville First Nation v Canada, 2017 FC 631 ................................................. 272 Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 ................................................................. 99 AM v Ryan, [1997] 1 SCR 157................................................................
  • Civil Claims for Violation of Privacy
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Information and Privacy Law in Canada
    • June 25, 2020
    ...BDC v BJB , 2012 YKSC 64. In Alberta, see Martin v General Team-sters, Local Union No 362 , 2011 ABQB 412; Al-Ghamdi v Alberta , 2017 ABQB 684; Kang v MB , 2019 ABQB 246; but see Carbone , above note 283. See Barbara von Tigerstrom, “Direct and Vicarious Liability for Tort Claims Involving ......
  • NEVSUN, ATLANTIC LOTTERY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OR THE 2020 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MOTION TO STRIKE DECISIONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 72, January 2021
    • January 1, 2021
    ...Ltd, 2019 ABQB 404, [2019] AJ No 724; Turp v Canada (Minister of Foreign Affairs), 2018 FC 12, [2018] FCJ No 203; Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684, [2017] AJ No 1218; Nool v Carido, 2016 ONCJ 639, [2016] OJ No 5505; Resolute Forest Products Inc v 2471256 Canada Inc, 2016 ONSC 5398, 133 OR......
  • "That Is Not How the Common Law Works": Paths to Tort Liability for Harassment.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 52 No. 1, January 2021
    • January 1, 2021
    ...a list of cases from Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia that tentatively recognized the tort of harassment, see Al-Ghamdi v Alberta, 2017 ABQB 684 at para 137. In denying the existence of previous case law from other jurisdictions, the Merrifield decision actually contradicts itself, as......