Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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May 19, 2020

New Regulatory Amendments regarding AGMs

The Government of Saskatchewan has recently passed regulatory amendments that authorize non-profit corporations, condominium corporations, co-operatives and new generation co-operatives to hold annual general meetings by telephone, video conference or other electronic means. The amendments will ensure that these organizations can safely hold annual general meetings during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Individual organizations remain responsible for ensuring that the necessary...

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May 19, 2020

Legislative Review Summary is now available on CanLII

CanLII is pleased to add the Legislative Review Summary, published by the Canadian Bar Association’s Alberta Branch, to our commentary section. The Legislative Review Summary gives a snapshot of the legislation passed and amended, along with a detailed listing of bills, in the latest session of the Provincial Legislature in Alberta. It is published twice a year, in the spring and fall. We would...

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May 15, 2020

Notice of Suspension

A Notice of Suspension has been released in the matter of The Legal Profession Act, 1990 regarding Estes Fonkalsrud.

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May 15, 2020

Changes to Admission Requirements and Start Dates in New Bar Admission Program

With the new Bar admission program launching this year through the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED), we want to remind you of some changes and new key dates for students to register and start the program. Under the previous program, articling students started their Bar admission program in August, but in the new Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP)...

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May 14, 2020

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: May 14th 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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May 14, 2020

Special Webcast from CIAJ | Will COVID-19 Be the Catalyst We Were Waiting for to Modernize the Courts?

The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice is hosting a 90-minute special webcast with simultaneous interpretation. In his latest book, Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Professor Richard Susskind, one of the world’s most-cited authors on the future of legal services, writes about how online courts are destined to transform litigation. Our distinguished guests will debate whether technology...

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