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Originally Posted by photon
This might be pretty low risk, since I've been told inter-provincial legal stuff is much more expensive to bring so it's not worth it unless the amounts are many thousands of dollars. Not sure about that, but that's what I've been told anyway.
You would lose the reference tho.
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Inter-provincial recently became less of a hassle from Alberta in that the new Rules of Court allow for service of process outside the province without a court order (this rule trickles down to provincial court). It used to be that one of the annoying difficulties of suing out of province (from Alberta) for smaller sums was having to get a court order just to get started (and thus the added expense you mentioned). Once you get your judgment, inter-provincial enforcement is a bit more of a hassle, but since you're allowed to add your reasonable costs of enforcement to your judgment it's not too bad.
None of the above is necessarily applicable to Manitoba since each province has its own rules of procedure, and it may be just as easy or fiendishly complicated to sue an Albertan from Manitoba. Just thought I would mention the change so you don't automatically write off chasing something in the future due to outdated information.
I'm currently working on suing my deadbeat landlord who let his property manager write me a bad cheque for the return of my damage deposit then failed to replace the cheque for the place I was renting for the last half of 2012. He's in Saskatchewan, but service should just be a registered letter and if I have to get a sub-service order, it will be no different than doing so for a defendant who won't claim registered mail in Alberta. Overall, it costs the same as suing in Alberta now.