Patterson Law routinely represents parties involved in all aspects of expropriation cases. Our expropriation practice is national in scope and we represent all classes of parties to expropriations.
Patterson Law is pleased to announce that partner Robert H. Pineo has been named contributing editor to the leading expropriation text, J. Coates and S. Waqué, The New Law of Expropriation. This text is used by the leading expropriation practitioners across Canada and is regularly quoted by Courts and tribunals. Rob’s assumption of this role is recognition of his unending dedication to the expropriation practice and his clients.
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In Vincorp Financial Ltd v The Corporation of the County of Oxford, 2014 ONSC 2580, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released an interesting decision concerning the ability of a municipality to expropriate lands to sell to another business for the building of a factory. In doing so, the court looked at the idea of a “public purpose” in expropriation...
This is a follow-up to our two-part article after the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Antrim Truck Centre Ltd v Ontario (Transportation), 2013 SCC 13, in which we intend to look at the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in this case through two recent expropriation decisions...
In this recent decision by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, the Plaintiffs sought compensation from the Defendant in an action brought by Statement of Claim under s. 29(3) of the Alberta Expropriation Act after a portion of their land was expropriated by the Defendant. Later, the Plaintiffs amended the Statement of Claim to include various tort claims against the Defendant. The Defendant applied at a case management conference to strike those portions of the amended Statement of Claim which claimed the expropriation was void or voidable and to sever the remaining tort claims from those made under the Act...