Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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June 8, 2020

Unnecessarily Uncertain: Roberts Properties and the Case for an Official Service Animal Registry

Owen Pennock* Summary In the case of Roberts Properties Inc. v. O.S., the Office of Residential Tenancies interpreted Saskatchewan’s Human Rights legislation and found that a woman’s support animal did not meet the requirements to be considered a “service animal,” and thus receive protection under the Act. As such, she was in breach of her tenancy agreement. The reasoning in...

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June 5, 2020

Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan – Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (PBLS) will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 12pm via Zoom. Please RSVP to Carly Romanow at [email protected] by June 12, 2020. The link to the meeting and meeting materials will be distributed to those who RSVP to the meeting! Please come out to support Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan!...

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June 5, 2020

Online Legal Resources in the Age of Covid-19 (CPD 282)

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Online Legal Resources in the Age of Covid-19 (CPD 282) Thu, Jun 18, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST Registration Fees: $90.00 +5% GST = $94.50 While your physical Law Society library locations might be closed due to coronavirus, rest assured you still have access to one of Canada’s leading online legal resource collections. ...

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June 4, 2020

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: June 4th 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 we aggregate the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal innovation, legal practice, remote working,...

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June 4, 2020

CanLII update: Two new tribunals, and 50,000+ decisions

We thought you might be interested in getting an update on some of our activities, so we are starting a regular series of posts with some more information about what has been added to CanLII. In the first three months of 2020 we added the following tribunals: Law Society of Nunavut Alberta Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service More than 50,000 decisions...

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June 3, 2020

New Law Society Complaint Form

Our previous Complaint Form has been in use for many years. After both an internal review and a review of the complaint intake formats of other jurisdictions, a decision was made to simplify the information requested from complainants when they complete the form. The goal is to assist and encourage complainants to provide clear and concise descriptions of their concerns,...

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