Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Throwback
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March 12, 2015
The Female View from the Bench 1968 (Throwback Thursday)
To wrap up our week-long theme in honour of International Women’s Day, for our Throwback today, we found an article in the Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1968, featuring two female judges from Saskatchewan Tillie Taylor (1922-2011) and Mary Carter (1923-2010). In “The Female View from the Magistrate’s Bench: We’re Still Putting People in Jail Because They’re Poor”, the two judges...
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March 5, 2015
One Woman Makes a Difference – Justice Bertha Wilson (Throwback Thursday)
The spring of 1982 was marked by two landmark events in Canadian legal history: Bertha Wilson was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court on March 4, and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms was proclaimed into force on April 17. Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, Bertha Wilson received a Master of...
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November 6, 2014
Remembrance (Throwback Thursday)
During the First World War, all Law Society members who enlisted for active service were deemed to have paid their annual fees and continued in good standing until they resumed practice. In 1918, 77 of 496 lawyers on the roll and 158 of 302 students-at-law were enlisted for active military service. A roll of honour was proposed for all Law...
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August 14, 2014
20th Anniversary of The Builders’ Lien Act: A Practitioners’ Manual (Throwback Thursday)
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The ever popular The Builders’ Lien Act: A Practitioners’ Manual is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Providing section by section analysis of the Act, the Manual was authored by W. Brent Gough, Q.C. of Hnatyshyn Gough in Saskatoon. Mr. Gough is also a former Bencher and President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. This fall/winter, an...
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April 10, 2014
How a Saskatchewan Farmer Scratched His Way into Legal History (Throwback Thursday)
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld “In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife.” Cecil Geo. Harris Any law student who has toiled in the College of Law Library since 1997 will be familiar with the tractor fender and pocket knife encased under glass amongst the stacks. The story of the Saskatchewan farmer who scratched his will...
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