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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.

 

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