Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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July 14, 2020

Change of Address: O’Brien’s Forms is Moving to Westlaw Next!

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Earlier this year, Thomson Reuters announced that the popular online version of O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms was moving to the Westlaw Next (WLN) platform. Incorporating O’Brien’s content directly into WLN’s powerful platform offers enhanced searchability, usability, and integration for practitioners, researchers, and law librarians alike. You can check out the increased functionality you’re gaining through...

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July 13, 2020

Saskatchewan looking to big rooms to accommodate September jury trials

The Lawyer's Daily published an article about the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench on working to accommodate jury trials in the fall.

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July 10, 2020

Discipline Decision

A decision has been released concerning the matter of Law Society of Saskatchewan v Brandi Rintoul. The following allegations against the Member were proven: did accept cash in an aggregate amount of $28,000.00 in respect of one transaction, contrary to Law Society of Saskatchewan Rule 909. For more information on the Law Society of Saskatchewan discipline proceedings, please visit the...

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July 9, 2020

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: July 9th Edition

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week I aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you: Access to Justice After the Pandemic: COVID-19 and racial justice |...

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July 9, 2020

Court of Appeal Decision

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rendered a decision in relation to Law Society of Saskatchewan v Abrametz.

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July 8, 2020

Lex Electronica is now available on CanLII

CanLII is pleased to announce that the law journal Lex Electronica is now available in our commentary section. Lex Electronica is a publication of the University of Montreal’s Centre de Recherche en Droit Public. Created in 1995, Lex Electronica was the first online law journal to be published in French and one of the first in any language. Incidentally, its first issues were published online by...

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