Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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February 21, 2020
HeinOnline: More Than Meets the Eye!
By Alan Kilpatrick You likely know that HeinOnline is a popular online legal journal database accessible directly through the Law Society Members’ Resource Section. It provides access to an abundance of legal journals, more than 2000 titles, from Canada, the United States, and the Commonwealth. What you might not know is that there is far more to HeinOnline than meets...
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February 20, 2020
The Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues Transitions to Open Access
By Canlii Left to right: Alisa Lazear, Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay and Sarah Sutherland from CanLII; Rebecca Flynn, Cristina Fulop, Adrin Shojaie and Ali Tejani from the WRLSI The Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues (WRLSI) is an interdisciplinary law journal run by law students at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, which has been publishing since 1989. Recently, they...
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February 19, 2020
Orphan Well: Embracing statutory ambiguity
By Allyse Cruise This case comment scrutinizes the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thorton Ltd. Many Canadians will be happy with the results of the case. However, the Supreme Court’s reasoning lacks coherence and provides little direction to lower courts tasked with reviewing ambiguous legislation. On January 31, 2019, the Supreme Court...
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February 18, 2020
Notice of Hearing
A hearing will be held in regard to the discipline matter of Garth Buitenhuis on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 9:00 am via conference call.
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February 18, 2020
Anti-Money Laundering Additional Practice Resources
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash The Federation of Law Societies of Canada, in conjunction with the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Working Group has created Risk Advisories to address the areas of law such as real estate, shell corporations, private lending, trusts and litigation. Each Advisory identifies specific situations and issues that make that area of practice vulnerable to criminals and provides...
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February 14, 2020
The Year in Review: Top CanLII Connects Publishers, Authors and Posts of 2019
2019 was a great year on CanLII Connects and we would like to thank the authors, publishers and readers for their contributions and participation. We welcomed 298 new contributors this past year and over 3200 new case summaries and commentaries. Since the launch of CanLII Connects in 2014, we are grateful to all of our active authors and publishers who...
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