Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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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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August 30, 2019
Using Resources Differently
By Karen Sawatzky, Director of Legal Resources, Manitoba Law Library Inc., Law Society of Manitoba Reblogged with permission from Great LEXpectations Legal literature studies show that lawyers usually read texts in chunks, finding the specific section that is relevant to the issue they are researching, and ignoring the rest. The finding aids (Table of Contents and Index) are invaluable in...
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August 29, 2019
Fall Webinar Series – It’s Time to Register!
By Jakaeden Frizzell, CPD Program Coordinator The Law Society’s CPD department has released this fall’s schedule of live webinars. Take a moment to check it out at the link below or on the Continuing Professional Development section of the Law Society’s website. Fall Webinar Schedule: https://mailchi.mp/dda15923cf39/2019-fall-webinar-schedule If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future CPD programming, please direct...
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