Kusch and Clavelle Contribute to CBA BarNotes

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Corporate Law and Governance, Curtis P Clavelle, Estate Litigation, Labour and Employment, News, Small Business, Succession Planning

The most recent issue of the Canadian Bar Associations’s BarNotes contains articles by two RS lawyers.

Travis Kusch’s article “Closely Held Corporations: Avoiding the Messy Break-up”  offers practical advice to families who enter into business together.

Curtis Clavelle contributed “When Can an Employee Sue an Employer?”.  In the article he gives guidance on the scope and effect of c. 43 of The Workers’ Compensation Act.

BarNotes is published three times a year and is provided to members of CBA Saskatchewan.

 

 

Sean Sinclair on Right to Know Panel

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Media Law / Defamation, News, Sean M Sinclair

The Public Service Information Community Connection (PSICC) is presenting 2019 Saskatchewan Connections Conference : Access, Privacy, Security, IM, & Health Information September 26 and 27 in Saskatoon.

At the conference, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan is hosting a panel discussion “Right to Know : The Openness of Our Systems”.  Included on the panel is RS Media Law specialist Sean Sinclair.

This free event is open to the public and will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on September 27, and 27th, 2019.

 

 

 

 

Sean Sinclair Represents Media in Police Scanner Issue

by | Jul 16, 2019 | Media Law / Defamation, News, Sean M Sinclair

Media outlets in Saskatchewan no longer have access to Police One, the police radio scanner that allowed journalists to hear what is happening on the secure police channel.

Both Saskatoon and Regina police services say they have closed their scanner channels to media to comply with the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation.  The problem lies in the sharing of personal information. Regina police Chief Evan Bray said information including names, addresses, dates of birth, past criminal charges and other pieces of personal information were shared on the dispatch channel.

Representing the media, Sean argues in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix that journalists provide an important service by alerting the public to potentially dangerous situations. “There is a huge public interest in ensuring that the media have access to that timely information so that they can alert the public to the issues that are occurring.”

Sean has done interviews with the CBC as well as the StarPhoenix.  The CBC news story can be read here.

 

 

Andrew Gaucher Presents at “Planning Ahead Seminar”

by | Jun 24, 2019 | News, Wills, Estates, Trusts, Health Care Directives and Powers of Attorney

On Wednesday June 26, Andrew Gaucher will be speaking about the importance of Estate Planning at the “Planning Ahead Seminar” hosted by Hillcrest Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.  The evening session, beginning at 6:30 will also include other planning aspects such as funeral pre-planning, insurance and real estate.

There is no cost or registration required.

Hillcrest is located at 210 Wess Road, Saskatoon.

Jared Epp Quoted in Canadian Lawyer

by | May 28, 2019 | Construction, Jared D Epp, News

In the May 2019 issue of Canadian Lawyer Marg Bruineman writes about the changes afoot in construction lien legislation across Canada.

In the article she talks about how the increasingly complicated construction projects have necessitated discussions around prompt payment and adjudication regimes.  Industry groups such as subcontractors and trades have been calling for legislative reform as money is slow to “cascade down the construction pyramid” when claims choke the cashflow of a project.

In the article, Jared Epp gives his take on the current situation in Saskatchewan:

Saskatchewan, like Ontario, is conceiving of a very broad adjudication regime as part of this new legislation and it would allow a lot of the interim disputes and disputes before the project is completed to to put in front of someone, probably from someone in industry, just to make some sort of a decision.  There are still quite a few disputes in construction projects that wind their way through the courts, but there’s really no need for them to go that way.  In a lot of cases, parties simply need someone to make a decision.

Exciting times in the construction industry!

 

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