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April 15, 2019

Monday Links

By Jenneth Hogan Mainil Some interesting legal news to help you ease into your week: – Canadian Lawyer – Law Times – CBC News – Chronicle Herald – Canadian Lawyer Supreme Court of Canada Publishes Its First Annual Year in Review – Library Boy - SLAW

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April 12, 2019

Employment Lawyers – Check This Out!

By Ken Fox, Reference Librarian The Law Society Library is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with Thomson Reuters, we have added EmploymentSource to our WestlawNext platform, which now includes: Criminal Source Employment Source Estates & Trusts Source Family Source Labour Source Law Source Canadian Encyclopedic Digest Canadian Abridgment Index to Canadian Legal Literature All Saskatchewan lawyers can access these...

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April 11, 2019

Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan Consultation

The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan recently posted a new consultation report on life lease legislation on its website. This consultation report asks whether Saskatchewan should enact legislation on life leases, and if so, what types of provisions should be included. The Commission relies on responses received during consultation to inform its recommendations. Responses can be provided in writing or as answers...

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April 10, 2019

CREATE Justice Bulletin: March 2019

From Centre for Research, Evaluation, and Action Towards Equal Justice (CREATE Justice) “The Most Significant Access to Justice Gathering in a Decade”. Saskatchewan legal information project aims to increase access to justice using public libraries. Empirical tool on Legal Needs Surveys and Access to Justice intends to advance understanding of people's everyday legal problems and experience with the justice system....

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April 9, 2019

Saskatchewan Legislative Update

The following regulations were published in The Saskatchewan Gazette, Part II, Vol. 115 No. 13, March 29, 2019: SR 17/2019 The Public Libraries Amendment Regulations, 2019 SR 18/2019 The Justices of the Peace Amendment Regulations, 2019 RS 18/2019 Règlement modificatif de 2019 sur les juges de paix SR 19/2019 The Provincial Lands (Agriculture) Amendment Regulations, 2019

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April 8, 2019

E.M. Culliton Scholarship Endowment

As a tribute to the former Chief Justice E. M. Culliton, an endowment was established by the Law Society of Saskatchewan to provide that in perpetuity a special scholarship is to be awarded for the pursuit of post-graduate studies in criminal law. The criteria for the selection of the recipients of the annual scholarship are as follows: The scholarship will...

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