What considerations have been considered in the context of Semelhago, the doctrine of specific performance?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Holden v. Tanase, 2002 ABQB 1025 (CanLII):

It would appear to be the considerations mentioned above that prompted Madam Justice Veit in Fossum v. Visual Developments Ltd., [1997] A.J. 1255 to analyze the issue before her as to whether the plaintiff in that case was entitled to specific performance from the point of view of the principles discussed in Semelhago.

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