Law Society of the Northwest Territories

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The Law Society
of the Northwest Territories
4th Floor, Diamond Plaza
5204 - 50th Avenue
P.O. Box 1298, Stn. Main
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2N9

TEL: (867) 873-3828
FAX: (867) 873-6344

CONTENTS:

1. Holiday Closure
2. NWT Courts: Family, Criminal, Civil Chambers Update
3. NWT Courts: NWT Court Sittings
4. NWT Courts: 2012 Territorial Court Schedule Update (Dec 20)
5. NWT Courts: Court of Appeal, Supreme Court Schedule
6. FRAUD: Divorce Settlement Scam (redux)
7. Law Society Committee Registrations for 2012
8. AGM Materials Available in Hardcopy
9. Committee Registrations
10. UPCOMING MEETINGS
11. UPCOMING CLE EVENTS
12. NATIONAL CPD OPPORTUNITIES
13. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: ON THE WEB

LAW SOCIETY
Holiday Closure

Please note the office of the Law Society will be closed during the holidays, from December 22, 2011, through January 2, 2012. There will be no bulletin for the week of December 27.

We wish you all a happy holiday, and look forward to working with you in the new year.

NWT COURTS
Family, Criminal, Civil Chambers Update

This is an advisory of upcoming changes to the 2011/2012 Supreme Court regular Family, Civil, PAFVA/confirmation hearings and Criminal chambers, as follows:

The NWT Court registry office will be closed from December 22, 2011 to January 2, 2012. There will be no regular Criminal, Family, Civil or PAFVA/confirmation hearings held during that time period. If anyone has an emergency application on any of those dates please contact the Court Registry.

The Clerk of the Court will send a separate notice advising of emergency contact numbers for emergency applications that may be required during the shutdown in December.

January 2, 2012 - Criminal Chambers is cancelled.

January 26 - Family Chambers is cancelled.

January 27 - Civil Chambers is cancelled.

NWT COURTS
NWT Courts Sittings

Please be advised that there will be no scheduled Court Sittings for the Supreme Court or the Territorial Court from December 22,2011 to January 2,2012 inclusive.

All Court Registries will be closed during the same time period.

Should an emergency arise, please contact the following:

Registry Services
Kirsten Kocik at (w)867-873-7636 or (c)867-445-3079.

Sheriff Services
For Sheriff Services and Yellowknife Courthouse security issues please contact the on-call Sheriff at 867-920-6908.

NWT COURTS
2012 Territorial Court Schedule Update

Please be advised that the December 20th update of the 2012 Territorial Court Schedule has been posted today on the Courts website. All changes from the last update are indicated in green font.

www.nwtcourts.ca/schedule/tcs.htm

NWT COURTS
Court of Appeal, Supreme Court Schedule

Court of Appeal

Please take notice that the list of cases pending and the general appeal list will be called by a Judge in Chambers on Friday, March 2, 2012 in Courtroom #5 at Yellowknife, NT, for the Court of Appeal Assize commencing April 17, 2012. Video conference appearances by persons in custody outside Yellowknife who are not represented by counsel will be held at 10:00 hrs. Courtroom appearances will be held at 15:00 hrs.

Supreme Court

Please take notice that the next Supreme Court general criminal list will be called on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Yellowknife, NT, in Courtroom #5. Video conference appearances by persons in custody outside Yellowknife who are not represented by counsel will be held at 10:00 hrs. Courtroom appearances will be held at 15:00 hrs.

A true copy of these two notices, with full particulars, can be obtained at the Law Society office or at the Yellowknife Courthouse.

FRAUD ALERT
Variation on a Divorce Scam

PracticePRO's "Avoid a Claim" blog has identified yet another divorce settlement email from one "Tammy Hoffman". It reads as follows:

Dear Counsel,

I am seeking legal representation from your law firm regarding a breach of divorce settlement agreement I had with my ex husband who now reside in your jurisdiction. We had an out of court agreement for him to pay me $578,000.00 plus legal fees. He has only paid me $78,000 ever since this agreement was reached. He has agreed already to pay me the balance yet he kept turning me around with numerous excuses. So it is my belief that a Law firm like yours is needed to help me collect my due settlement from my ex-husband or litigate this matter if need be.

I need proper legal advice and assistance to know the best way to handle this issue. If this is your area of practice, please contact me to provide you with further Information.

Regards,
Tammy Hoffmann.

PracticePRO maintains a list of confirmed fraud attempts at its Confirmed Fraud Page. All members are encouraged to visit this page to familiarize themselves with this type of fraud.

LAW SOCIETY COMMITTEES
Committee Registrations

Registrations are now being accepted for next year's committee appointments. All members are strongly encouraged to become active through committee participation. Committee Registration Forms can be obtained from the Law Society office, or downloaded from the Law Society website:
http://www.lawsociety.nt.ca/
pdf/forms/LSNT_CommitteeRegistration.pdf

34th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Materials Available

Paper copies of the Agenda and Materials for the recent Annual General Meeting are available at the Law Society office. If you would like a printed and bound copy of the materials, please contact the Law Society office.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

UPCOMING CLE EVENTS

NATIONAL CPD OPPORTUNITIES

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: ON THE WEB

Significant Costs Order Against Law Firm

CLIA
Loss Prevention eBytes - 2011-12-14

Don't Delay!

CLIA
Loss Prevention eBytes - 2011-11-21