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March 20, 2019
Calling all Practitioners
Christine Muldoon, Resource Coordinator As you may have noticed if you have visited them lately, the Law Society’s Saskatchewan Practice Checklists need work. While much of the guidance therein is...
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January 8, 2019
Reminder: Check Us Out on SlawTips
For the last two years, some of the best legal research and technology tips from our Legal Sourcery team have also been featured on SlawTips. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, SlawTips...
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November 6, 2018
Referral Fees – What you should know
[Reprinted with permission from the October 2018 edition of Communiqué, by Darcia Senft, General Counsel , Director of Policy and Ethics at the Law Society of Manitoba.] From time to...
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February 28, 2018
Queen’s Bench Administrative Notice
From the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan The Court of Queen’s Bench has issued an Administrative Notice to endorse revised template orders for receivership and for orders pursuant to The...
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February 28, 2018
Amendments to Queen’s Bench Practice Directives
From the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan The Court of Queen’s Bench has updated two of its practice directives: Criminal Practice Directive #1: Amendments to Criminal Practice Directive #1...
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January 31, 2018
Innovating Regulation: An Update on the Prairie Law Societies’ Law Firm Practice Management Pilot Project
By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel, & Brenda Hildebrandt, QC, Bencher Law Society of Saskatchewan The Legal Profession Act, 1990 was amended in 2014 to include firms as members of the...
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January 19, 2018
Did You Know…?
Valerie A. Payne, Complaints Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan If you decide to “hang up your own shingle” and commence a legal practice (or business in which you provide legal...
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January 15, 2018
Paper Client Files v. Digital Client Files: Digital File Management (Practice Tips)
Ronni Nordal Bencher, Law Society of Saskatchewan The Law Society regularly receives enquiries from lawyers regarding the rules relating to the storage, composition, and destruction of client files. Increasingly, these...
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September 14, 2017
Resources to Help Avoid Missed Limitation Periods
From Saskatchewan Lawyers’ Insurance Association Inc. SLIA would like to remind members that one of the most common insurance claims areas is missed limitation periods. Please see the following resources for...
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May 29, 2017
Upcoming Law Firm Practice Management Pilot Project
By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan The Law Society of Saskatchewan, in collaboration with the Law Societies of Alberta and Manitoba, has been exploring a new model...
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