Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571

JudgeHonourable Madam Justice D.L. Shelley
Citation2018 ABQB 571
Date31 July 2018
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Docket Number0603 04628
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23 practice notes
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2020 ABQB 513
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 24 September 2020
    ...case best inform the exercise of judicial discretion: Canada North at paras 12 to 15; see also Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 at paras 54-57, aff’d 2019 ABCA 92 [Weatherford]; and McAllister v Calgary (City), 2018 ABQB 999. This Court confirmed that the obligation to ......
  • GO Community Centre v Clark Builders and Stantec Consulting Ltd, 2020 ABQB 203
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 25 March 2020
    ...or even defend an action if an unsuccessful party is required to bear all the costs.” See also Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571, Shelley J, affd 2019 ABCA 92 at para [65] This access to justice objective promotes the yet higher objective of ensuring that the courts hear......
  • McAllister v Calgary (City),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 27 January 2021
    ...client fees charged, could undermine the spirit of the foundational rules. [13] Referring to Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 [Weatherford QB], the trial judge suggested that costs based on an indemnity percentage are better suited to cases where there is misconduct, si......
  • Lemay v Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 2020 ABQB 250
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 14 April 2020
    ...is not required to retain counsel in the jurisdiction in which the matter is being heard, citing Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 at paras 50-53; Waterous Investments Inc v Liberton Holdings Ltd (1995), 183 AR 229 at paras 27-30 (QB); Allen (Next Friend of) v University......
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19 cases
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc v Perpetual Energy Inc, 2020 ABQB 513
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 24 September 2020
    ...case best inform the exercise of judicial discretion: Canada North at paras 12 to 15; see also Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 at paras 54-57, aff’d 2019 ABCA 92 [Weatherford]; and McAllister v Calgary (City), 2018 ABQB 999. This Court confirmed that the obligation to ......
  • GO Community Centre v Clark Builders and Stantec Consulting Ltd, 2020 ABQB 203
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 25 March 2020
    ...or even defend an action if an unsuccessful party is required to bear all the costs.” See also Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571, Shelley J, affd 2019 ABCA 92 at para [65] This access to justice objective promotes the yet higher objective of ensuring that the courts hear......
  • McAllister v Calgary (City),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 27 January 2021
    ...client fees charged, could undermine the spirit of the foundational rules. [13] Referring to Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 [Weatherford QB], the trial judge suggested that costs based on an indemnity percentage are better suited to cases where there is misconduct, si......
  • Lemay v Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 2020 ABQB 250
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 14 April 2020
    ...is not required to retain counsel in the jurisdiction in which the matter is being heard, citing Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 at paras 50-53; Waterous Investments Inc v Liberton Holdings Ltd (1995), 183 AR 229 at paras 27-30 (QB); Allen (Next Friend of) v University......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Court Costs – An Often Overlooked Part of Litigation
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • 27 November 2018
    ...the recent Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta decisions of Weatherford Canada Partnership v. Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 and Remington v Crystal Creek Homes Inc, 2018 ABQB 644, the Court addressed how costs should be calculated following litigation. Although court costs are awarded at the end of co......
  • Court Costs – An Often Overlooked Part Of Litigation
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 29 October 2018
    ...the recent Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta decisions of Weatherford Canada Partnership v. Addie, 2018 ABQB 571 and Remington v Crystal Creek Homes Inc, 2018 ABQB 644, the Court addressed how costs should be calculated following litigation. Although court costs are awarded at the end of co......
  • Evolution Of Costs Awards In Alberta And Recent Amendments To Schedule C
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 7 April 2020
    ...Shelley issued a decision on costs in an especially complex and high-value commercial dispute (Weatherford Canada Partnership v Addie, 2018 ABQB 571). In that decision, a number of authorities on the issue of costs were reviewed and Shelley J. concluded that the "common approach" to costs w......
  • Court Costs Part 2: Amendments To Schedule C To The Alberta Rules Of Court
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 4 November 2020
    ...by reference to Schedule C alone, absent legislative intervention. For example, see the case of Weatherford Canada Partnership v. Addie, 2018 ABQB 571, where Justice Shelley summarized a number of cases that used various methods to calculate costs including a percentage of complete indemnit......

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