The will precedents and library of clauses have been reviewed and updated to ensure clarity and uniformity across all the will precedents. Updates to the automation have also been made.

Effective December 1, 2024, the Rules of Civil Procedure impose new requirements on factums and expert reports.

Supreme Court of British Columbia update to the Court Online Booking System comes into effect on November 1, 2024.

As part of the continual updates and enhancements that take place across all our guides, we have revised and updated the Real Estate guides.

The Electronic Signing and Remote Witnessing guide has been updated to include legislative and practical considerations for electronic signing and witnessing in Manitoba. The guide summarizes the federal and provincial legislation helping lawyers understand when electronic signing and remote witnessing are permitted, and how it can be done. The Electronic Signing and Remote Witnessing guide is available in the Reference materials folder on all By Lawyers matter plans.

We have revised and updated the Family Law guides as part of the continual updates and enhancements that occur across all our publications.

The first folder in every By Lawyers matter plan is Getting the matter underway, and it does what it says on the tin!

Amendments to the Land Titles Act 2000 come into force on October 20, 2024. These amendments significantly increase registration fees for land transfers and mortgages. The amendments are detailed in s 5 of the Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, SA 2024, c 4. The increased registration fees only apply to specific instruments submitted for registration on or after October 20, 2024. Instruments submitted for registration before October 20, 2024, continue to incur registration fees calculated by the Tariff of Fees Regulation, Alta Reg 120/2000. By Lawyers publications in Alberta have been amended to reflect these legislative changes.

A new guide, Electronic Signing and Remote Witnessing , has been added to the Reference Materials folder on all By Lawyers matter plans. Electronic signing and remote witnessing are available for many, but not all, transactions and documents encountered by lawyers in everyday practice. The new guide summarises the legislative and practical considerations under federal and provincial legislation in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario, helping lawyers understand when electronic signing and remote witnessing are permitted and how they can be done.

Enhanced the Retainer Instructions - Purchase Of Real Estate.

The commentary and precedents have been updated surrounding client details, verification of identity and source of funds to take into account the new Law Society requirements for authentication of client identity documents and monitoring of source of fund information.

As part of the continual updates and enhancements that take place across all our guides, we have revised and updated the Real Estate guides.

From April 8, 2024, the original will and testamentary documents part of a Surrogate Digital Service application must be sent to the wills repository in Edmonton by registered mail. The publications have been updated in line with the change.