October 16, 2025

At the Oct. 7 board meeting, the Benchers amended the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta regarding Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) to make them clearer. These Rules align with and enforce the Partnership Act, which says that only working members of certain professions regulated by Alberta laws—and those who can have a professional corporation—can register an LLP.


The amended Rules make it clear that LLPs can only be created by practising lawyers or their professional corporations. They also explain what information partners must give to prove their status (see Rules 159.4, 159.5 and 159.6). The Rules also detail information that must be provided to the Law Society within 30 days when an LLP makes changes (Rule 159.3). 


In addition to these changes, there is a new Rule requiring LLPs to show proof that they are registered with the province when they are set up (Rule 159.8). The information required upon renewal has been reduced as information updates are now included in the new Rule regarding changes.


View the full Rules for more details.

At the Oct. 7 board meeting, the Benchers amended the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta to further clarify the contact information requirements for lawyers. 


Under Rule 42, lawyers must give the Law Society both their business and personal contact details. This helps the Law Society, as the regulator, send important messages like billing notices and eBulletins. Sometimes the information we send is confidential, so lawyers must provide an individualized business email address as part of their contact information rather than a shared inbox.


This requirement has always existed but is now more clearly explained in the Rule. Personal contact details will only be used if the Law Society cannot reach a lawyer using their work contact information.


View the full Rules for more details.

Expansion of the Surrogate Digital Service (SDS) to include Out-of-Province Applicant(s) with Bond Waivers

Effective Oct. 15, 2025, applications that include out-of-province applicant(s) with bond waivers will be accepted in SDS. For this expansion, beneficiaries consenting to waive bond must be over 18 and not represented by the Public Trustee.

After Oct. 29, 2025 GA paper applications that fit this criteria will no longer be accepted and must be filed using SDS.

View the full announcement.

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