Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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September 10, 2019

Federal Proclamations

An Act to Provide No-cost, Expedited Record Suspensions for Simple Possession of Cannabis, SC 2019, c 20, is proclaimed into force August 1, 2019 (PC 2019-1120). According to a CTV News article, “Canadians with criminal records for simple pot possession can now apply for a pardon free of cost and with no mandatory five-year waiting period -- but they'll have...

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September 9, 2019

Law Librarian On Site

By Alan Kilpatrick Need help with your legal research? Law Society of Saskatchewan librarian, Alan Kilpatrick, will be on-site at RPL’s Central Branch to help guide you through the many legal resources available. Please contact our libraries for further information. Evenings:Monday, September 23: 5:00-8:00 pmMonday, October 28: 5:00-8:00 pmMonday, November 25: 5:00-8:00 pm Afternoons:Thursday, September 12: 1:00-4:00 pm Thursday, October 10: 1:00-4:00 pmThursday, November...

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September 6, 2019

Court of Appeal Decision: Ajit Kapoor

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rendered a decision in relation to Ajit Kapoor v Law Society of Saskatchewan. Mr. Kapoor’s appeal was dismissed in its entirety.

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September 5, 2019

Law Society Library Space Update

The Law Society’s space on the second floor of the Regina Queen’s Bench Courthouse is being reduced this fall to allow for increased space for the courts to better serve needs. While we use this welcome opportunity to deal with older materials no longer relevant to practicing members, we are updating our space and modernizing the way we support our...

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September 4, 2019

New Queens Bench Rule 10-39 and Related Forms

As a consequence of recent amendments to The Land Contracts (Actions) Act, 2018, the Court of Queen’s Bench has amended its rules and forms respecting actions for foreclosure and cancellation of agreements for the sale of land. The rule amendments and new Queen’s Bench forms 10-39A, 10-39B and 10-39C can be found on the Courts’ website here: https://sasklawcourts.ca/images/documents/Queens_Bench/QBAmendments10-39.pdf

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September 3, 2019

Meet Vincent!

By Ken Fox, Research Librarian The Law Society Library is pleased to announce that we have added Vincent to our menu of online research services available to all Saskatchewan lawyers. Vincent is an intelligent research assistant by vLex. Vincent can analyze a judgment, brief, legal memorandum or any other legal document, and extract significant concepts to generate the most relevant...

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