PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc,, 2022 ABCA 111

JudgeAntonio,Khullar,Rowbotham
Citation2022 ABCA 111
Docket Number2101-0021AC
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Date25 March 2022

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17 practice notes
  • Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • August 26, 2025
    ...merger, and the jurisprudence prohibiting relitigation and litigation by instalment”: PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at para 86; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2021 ABCA 153 at paras 56–58 (and cases cited therein). Kostic was recentl......
  • De-Medici v Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 12, 2023
    ...Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd, 2013 SCC 26 at para 39 [Behn]; see also PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 77-78. According to the Supreme Court, the doctrine of abuse of process is fundamentally flexible, and it has no specific requirements. This is b......
  • Armstrong v Gula,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 2, 2023
    ...abuse of process, and litigation by instalment: Phyrra Design at paras 8-9; PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 77-82 [ PricewaterhouseCoopers 2022]. Further, while serial or successive summary resolution applications are possible in certain circumstanc......
  • Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc. v 12-10 Capital Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 8, 2024
    ...oil and gas operations and the legal character of end-of-life obligations: see PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 42 and 43 ( Perpetual 2022). It also said: … [t]he end-of-life obligations the Regulator seeks to enforce against Redwater are public duti......
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  • Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • August 26, 2025
    ...merger, and the jurisprudence prohibiting relitigation and litigation by instalment”: PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at para 86; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2021 ABCA 153 at paras 56–58 (and cases cited therein). Kostic was recentl......
  • De-Medici v Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 12, 2023
    ...Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd, 2013 SCC 26 at para 39 [Behn]; see also PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 77-78. According to the Supreme Court, the doctrine of abuse of process is fundamentally flexible, and it has no specific requirements. This is b......
  • Armstrong v Gula,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 2, 2023
    ...abuse of process, and litigation by instalment: Phyrra Design at paras 8-9; PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 77-82 [ PricewaterhouseCoopers 2022]. Further, while serial or successive summary resolution applications are possible in certain circumstanc......
  • Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc. v 12-10 Capital Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 8, 2024
    ...oil and gas operations and the legal character of end-of-life obligations: see PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2022 ABCA 111 at paras 42 and 43 ( Perpetual 2022). It also said: … [t]he end-of-life obligations the Regulator seeks to enforce against Redwater are public duti......
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