Paul Kolida

First Year of Call
Alberta, 2017

Areas of Practice
General Litigation

Description
Paul Kolida is an Edmonton-based lawyer serving clients within the areas of general litigation and insurance. Although Paul is based in Edmonton, his client are located throughout Alberta and Canada. Paul provides a variety of services to clients in the insurance and banking sectors as well as general litigation work for businesses of all sizes. He also has experience dealing with product liability issues, ranging from smaller home appliances to complex commercial products.

His experience includes advising on a broad range of issues including:

Complex commercial litigation matters
Shareholder and collection matters
Corporate and construction disputes
Product liability matters
His insurance practice includes files involving defense, coverage and subrogated actions for property and injury matters involving automobile, property, and general commercial liability policies. Paul has experience defending Alberta municipalities in relation to a variety of claims while also providing coverage opinions and guidance for the same municipalities.

Paul has experience in both the Alberta Court of Justice and the Court of King’s bench and has an active Arbitration practice that includes experience in both ad hoc arbitrations and international arbitrations under the International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration rules.

Paul is well versed with the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act (MHSTA), which sets out the rights and responsibilities for people who own a mobile home and rent the mobile home site from a landlord. He works with these owners and managers of modular and manufactured home communities in a variety of areas including:

Manufactured home community lease enforcement, including terminating leases for non-payment of rent, terminating leases for a variety of breaches in the lease agreement and recovery of the site when homes are abandoned
Commercial Lease Enforcement, including terminating commercial leases and landlord’s distress seizures
Unsecured debt recovery and judgment enforcement for debt actions, including commencing actions and enforcement of judgments
Subrogated insurance claims, including commencing actions and enforcement of judgments
Personal property security enforcement, including the seizure of secured goods
Specializing in the enforcement of residential manufactured home leases
Specializing in the enforcement of debt actions