Shifting Environmental Liabilities after the Redwater Decision

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Filed under:
Canada, Alberta, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Environmental remediation, Liability (financial accounting), Alberta Energy Regulator
Authors:
Matti Lemmens
Location:
Canada
Firm:
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Court of Appeal upholds Redwater decision

In a majority two to one decision released on April 24, 2017, the Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld the lower court ruling in Re Redwater Energy Corporation.

Filed under:
Canada, Alberta, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada), Alberta Energy Regulator, Court of Appeal of Alberta
Authors:
Sean F. Collins , Walker W. MacLeod , Pantelis Kyriakakis
Location:
Canada
Firm:
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Alberta Energy Regulator’s interpretation of Redwater decision rejected

The long-running conflict between insolvency professionals and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) that was (temporarily) clarified by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta decision in Redwater Energy Corp. was previously analyzed in a blog post

Filed under:
Canada, Alberta, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada), Alberta Energy Regulator
Authors:
Walker W. MacLeod
Location:
Canada
Firm:
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Pick and Choose: Federal insolvency law takes precedence over Provincial legislative scheme governing the Alberta Energy Regulator

On May 18, 2016, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta released its much anticipated decision in Re Redwater Energy Corporation, 2016 ABQB 278, which addressed the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA), the Pipeline Act and the 

Filed under:
Canada, Alberta, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada), Alberta Energy Regulator, Trustee
Authors:
Sean F. Collins , Walker W. MacLeod , Kimberly J. Howard
Location:
Canada
Firm:
McCarthy Tétrault LLP