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Alberta Update: When Does A Plaintiff Lose The Right To Sue For Historic Contamination?
02 January 2018
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
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In Alberta, there is an ultimate limitation period of 10 years
from the date the claim arose regardless of when a plaintiff knew
or ought to have known about the claim. But what happens
where a plaintiff discovers historic environmental contamination
that is more than 10 years old? Is the right to sue
lost? This question was recently considered by Alberta's
Court of Queen's Bench in Lakeview Village Professional
Centre Corporation v Suncor Energy Inc. and Brookfield
Residential (Alberta) LP v Imperial Oil.
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