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November 24, 2020

Saskatchewan court suspends jury trials for rest of 2020

In the face of rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, the province’s Court of Queen’s Bench is shelving all jury trials for the remainder of this year. Click here to read the article from The Lawyer's Daily.

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November 20, 2020

3… 2… 1… (Re)Launch Your Saskatchewan Legal Databases!

By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian I am very excited to announce that today we are officially relaunching our searchable in-house Saskatchewan legal databases on a modern, mobile-friendly, cloud-based platform: Law Society of Saskatchewan Conduct Review Database Law Society of Saskatchewan Ethics Rulings Database Saskatchewan Bills database Saskatchewan Cases database Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Sentencing Digest Saskatchewan legal practitioners, the judiciary, and...

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November 20, 2020

Judicial Appointments Announced for the Province of Saskatchewan

News Release/ Department of Justice Canada/ Distributed November 19, 2020 The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest...

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November 18, 2020

New Anti-Money Laundering Legislation: Why is Alberta so Slow on the Uptake?

Jenine Urquhart* On December 11, 2017, finance ministers from across Canada signed the Agreement to Strengthen Beneficial Ownership Transparency (the “Agreement”).[1] The Agreement acknowledged “the misuse of corporations and other legal entities for tax evasion and other criminal purposes, such as money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorist activities.”[2] The ministers agreed “in principle” to amend their respective corporate...

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November 16, 2020

Legal Coaching and Unbundling Pilot Project (LCUP) launches practice group and evaluation

With the LCUP pilot project now well underway, we have been preparing to launch two new initiatives: (1) a practice group for LCUP participating lawyers and (2) a pilot project evaluation. Practice group A recent survey of LCUP participating lawyers indicated significant interest in the formation of an online network or practice group for lawyers to share ideas and ask...

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November 13, 2020

I Don’t Answer Legal Questions at the Library

Reposted with permission from Megan Smiley, BC Law Matters Program Coordinator By Megan Smiley Public libraries are critical in providing fair and equitable access to quality information on a wide range of topics. Among many library services, including readers’ advisory, technology training, children and teen services, collection development, and more, where does legal information fit in? Legal information questions may take...

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