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Amendments to The Legal Profession Act, 1990
June 26, 2014By Barbra Bailey
By Barbra BaileyAmendments to The Legal Profession Act, 1990 will come into force on July 1, 2014. There are three primary categories of amendments:
- the hearing and investigation process;
- Bencher elections; and
- the mandate of the Law Society of Saskatchewan.
Those concepts are discussed further in the summary paper previously posted on the Law Society website on August 29, 2013. The Legal Profession Amendment Act, 2014, which contains the amendments, can be viewed at the Queen’s Printer’s website.
Complementary Rule amendments will also come into force July 1, 2014. Amended rules, as well as a “certified true copy of amendments” which summarizes the Rule amendments are available on the Law Society website.
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