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Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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August 14, 2014

20th Anniversary of The Builders’ Lien Act: A Practitioners’ Manual (Throwback Thursday)

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The ever popular The Builders’ Lien Act: A Practitioners’ Manual is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Providing section by section analysis of the Act, the Manual was authored by W. Brent Gough, Q.C. of Hnatyshyn Gough in Saskatoon. Mr. Gough is also a former Bencher and President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. This fall/winter, an...

Amendments to The Legal Profession Act, 1990

By Barbra Bailey Amendments to The Legal Profession Act, 1990 will come into force on July 1, 2014. There are three primary categories of amendments: the hearing and investigation process; Bencher elections; and the mandate of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. Those concepts are discussed further in the summary paper previously posted on the Law Society website on August 29, 2013. The Legal Profession Amendment Act, 2014,...

How a Saskatchewan Farmer Scratched His Way into Legal History (Throwback Thursday)

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld “In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife.” Cecil Geo. Harris Any law student who has toiled in the College of Law Library since 1997 will be familiar with the tractor fender and pocket knife encased under glass amongst the stacks. The story of the Saskatchewan farmer who scratched his will...