News
May 22, 2013
Saskatoon Library Closure Date Revision: Please
note that the Saskatoon Law Society Library will now be closing
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 to May, 2014. Members will
be able to access the library until this date and will not be able
to access the College of Law Library as an external borrower until
after this date.
May 13, 2013
The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan has released the
following two final reports, which are presented as proposals to
the Minister of Justice:
Access to Justice - Needy Person Certificates and Waiver of Fees:
Final Report - Under The Queen's Bench Rules, a
potential litigant may, in some circumstances, obtain a waiver of
court fees by obtaining a Needy Person Certificate. Needy Person
Certificates are useful, but challenges exist respecting their
scope and availability under the QB Rules. A further
challenge is that Certificates are only available to litigants in
the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal. This Final Report
sets out the Commission's proposals on improving access to justice
for the less advantaged members of our community through fee
waivers.
Civil Rights in Saskatchewan Long-term Care Facilities: Final
Report - The focus of this paper is on violations of
the rights of long-term care residents, particularly when they do
not involve physical abuse, and particularly when they may not be
effectively addressed by existing protocols designed to deal with
more blatant forms of abuse. Many are unfamiliar with rights in
long-term care, including how to assert these rights and seek
remedy for their breach. This Final Report sets out the
Commission's proposals to improve civil rights in long-term care
facilities.
May 9, 2013
The Law Society of Saskatchewan Discipline Hearing Committee
issued a notice of hearing in the discipline matter of Dale Norman
Blenner-Hassett.
May 6, 2013
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Law Society of Saskatchewan occasionally requires a Court
appointed Trustee to wind-down or manage a practice when a lawyer
is suspended, dies, becomes incapacitated or abandons the
practice. The duty of the Trustee is to provide interim
protection for the clients and to eventually distribute the files
according to the client's instructions. Further information
on the duties of the Trustee are outlined in the Trusteeship
Manual.
The Law Society is accepting applications from lawyers to serve
as Trustee for an annual flat yearly fee of $40,000 for a two year
period commencing July 1st, 2013 through June 30,
2015.
The number of Trusteeship Orders varies each year. Over
the past eleven years it has been as follows:
2002 - 0
2003 - 2
2004 - 1
2005 - 1
2006 - 0
2007 - 2 |
2008 - 0
2009 - 2
2010 - 0
2011 - 3
2012 - 1 |
As such, there is an element of risk (or an opportunity) because
the number of trusteeships in a year is unpredictable, as are the
size and nature of the practices subject to trusteeship.
Interested lawyers/law firms are invited to submit a written
proposal to the attention of Thomas J. Schonhoffer, Q.C., by
May 27, 2013.
May 2, 2013
The Law Society of Saskatchewan is inviting applications for
appointment to the Queen's Counsel Selection Committee.
The designation of Queen's Counsel is made by the Minister of
Justice through a selection process that includes consultation with
the Law Society of Saskatchewan, the Canadian Bar Association and
the Courts.
Applications to the Law Society are reviewed by the Queen's
Counsel selection Committee which consists of the following:
- Past President of the Law Society
- A current Bencher of the Law Society
- A public representative appointed to the Law Society
- A member of the Law Society
Anyone interested in participating on this committee should
forward an expression of interest to Thomas Schonhoffer, Q.C. by
May 23, 2013. Please submit your information to his assistant
Liz at llynchuk@lawsociety.sk.ca.
April 18, 2013
The Hearing Committee of the Admissions and Education Committee
for the Law Society of Saskatchewan has released a decision in the
matter re Darby Jane
Bachynski.
The Hearing Committee of the Admissions and Education Committee
for the Law Society of Saskatchewan has released a decision in the
matter re Joanie
Stephanie Paquin.
April 16, 2013
A revised version of the
Provincial Court Criminal Practice Directive V - Application
for Court-Appointed Counsel is now available. This
supercedes the previous version posted on April 2, 2013.
