Does a Rule in force at the date of statutory confirmation which affects substantive law affect substantive law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pro-Man Construction v. DeBow, 1998 ABQB 17 (CanLII):
Any Rule in force at the date of a statutory confirmation which affects substantive law is not invalid for that reason: Stanley v. Jardine Estate, 1951 CanLII 30 (SCC), [1952] 1 S.C.R. 260, and s. 47 of the Judicature Act, supra.
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