Last month, Rothwell Notary’s article covered the beginning of notaries public from the ... out just this week. B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma introduced legislation that, once passed, will repeal ...

Last month, Rothwell Notary’s article covered the beginning of notaries public ... B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma introduced legislation that, once passed, will repeal the Notaries and Legal ...

The Law Society of B.C. is pushing back against the province's plans to set up a new regulatory body that brings lawyers, paralegals and notaries under one umbrella, saying it will affect the ...

“The independence of legal professionals is built into this legislation,” she says. The regulator’s board of directors will include five directors elected by lawyers, two elected by notaries public, ...

The new law means, in theory, you will be able to have broader access to legal services at a more affordable rate than lawyers. One stakeholder suggests lawyers opposed to the move wish to perpetuate ...

PEOPLE seeking legal assistance will have more choices with changes to how lawyers, notaries and other legal professionals are regulated. The Province says navigating the legal system without the ...

B.C.’s proposed Legal Professions Act cuts into lawyers’ lucrative turf and reduces their control over their own oversight. But the complaints go beyond that.

they will very likely see those rates challenged in court," the petitioners' counsel, Alexandria Drake, of Dunn & Black in Spokane, told Law.com.

Zietta Janse van Rensburg will now have to prove her case at a Legal Practice Council disciplinary hearing, which could take up to six months to conclude.