Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal Sourcery is the award winning, top legal news source in Saskatchewan. Find the latest Law Society updates and information from the Saskatchewan legal community.
June 7, 2019
Resignation in the Face of Continued Proceedings
The Conduct Investigation Committee has released a decision in relation to an Application by Wayne Webb to resign instead of continued proceedings pursuant to Law Society Rule 400.1.
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June 6, 2019
Call to Action: Trusted Intermediary – Legal Information Network (TI-LI) at CALL Conference
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld, Director of Legal Resources and Communications One thing I have discovered over the last few years is if you want to develop an innovative project, enlist librarians. I have had the privilege of working with extremely knowledgeable library staff at the Law Society and through the Saskatchewan Access to Legal Information Project (SALI). Librarians play a...
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June 5, 2019
Peet Appeal Decision
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rendered a decision in relation to Law Society of Saskatchewan v Russell Peet. Mr. Peet’s Appeal was dismissed in its entirety.
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June 4, 2019
New Journal Issues – May 2019
By Sara Stanley, library technician The Criminal Law Quarterly Volume 66, Number 4 (April 2019) Editorial: The SNC Lavalin Controversy: The Shawcross Principle and Prosecutorial Independence Criminal Appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada Antic: First Principles and Beyond / Mangesh Duggal “Reasonable Steps”: Amending Section 273.2 to Reflect the Jurisprudence / Lucinda Vandervort Judges’ Knowledge and Beliefs Concerning the...
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May 31, 2019
Over 8,000 cases from the Western Weekly Reports Have Been Added to CanLII
By Sarah Sutherland; reblogged with permission from the CanLII Blog There is a lot of caselaw out there and we want to make sure you have access to the most useful information first. This is why we have strategically built our caselaw databases starting with content from reporters that have been the most frequently cited by Canadian courts. The project...
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May 30, 2019
Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments
Four judicial appointments in Saskatchewan were announced recently: The Honourable Jeffery Kalmakoff is elevated from the Court of Queen’s Bench to the Court of Appeal; The Honourable Natasha Crooks is elevated from Provincial Court to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon; Neil Robertson, a sole practitioner in Regina, is appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Regina; and...
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