The Law Society of Manitoba’s newsletter, Communiqué, has just been released. It contains lots of important information, including our new address (for the law society itself, the library isn’t moving).
Tana Christianson, Director, Insurance writes about an iTunes gift card scam, there’s a notice of a judicial vacancy in the Northwest Territories, the discipline case digest directs you to two new decisions, and much more.
The following Acts received Royal Assent on June 4, 2018:
Confirm whether the bill requires proclamation by reviewing the Bill Status.
Lots to unpack in the latest Labour and Employment eLaw update:
And much more.
This Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Trinity Western University et al v. Law Society of Upper Canada and Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University et al. These appeals, heard at the same time, concern the denial of accreditation by the law societies of a proposed new law school at Trinity Western. At issue is a community covenant students would be required to sign, based on Evangelical Christian principles of Biblical teachings and morality.
Each appeal was allowed numerous interveners to join (TWU v. LSUC, LSBC v. TWU).
Much has been written about the arguments so far, and there will be more analysis to come. This post will be updated on Friday with a link to the decision.
CanLII Connects re TWU v. LSUC, LSBC v. TWU
theCourt.ca re TWU
Decisions:
Trinity Western University v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 33
Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, 2018 SCC 32
The Manitoba Law Library will be closing at 11:00 am on Friday, June 15 for a swearing in ceremony reception.
After hours access will be available after 5:00 pm on Friday.
Regular hours will resume on Monday, June 18.
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