Northwest Territories

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories: Bills/Legislation

The website of the Legislative Assemby of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, provides the full text of NWT bills from 2003 onwards, together with bill summaries and information about the progress of current bills. The site also includes acts governing the Assembly and a link to a database of consolidated NWT statutes, regulations and court rules on the website of the NWT Department of Justice.

Law Society of the Northwest Territories

The Law Society of the Northwest Territories (NWT) is the self-governing body responsible for regulating the legal profession in the Canadian province of Northwest Territories. The site gives details of the Law Society's Committee members, a calendar of events and information about the discipline process. There is legal information for the public covering issues such as going to court, buying a home, sentencing and appeals and making a will. The site also provides a directory of members and a page of web links to other NWT legal resources.

North West Territories Territorial Court Decisions

A CanLII database including decisions released by the Territorial Court of the North West Territories since June 2001. Decisions can be searched or browsed by date. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, is a key service providing free access to Canadian primary legal materials. The practice rules of the Court are also made available on the site. The service has been designed by LexUM at the University of Montreal (using software developed by AustLII) on the initiative of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

North West Territories Supreme Court Decisions

A CanLII database including all decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the North West Territories since May 2001 and selected decisions from 1985 onwards. Practice rules of the Court are also provided on the site. Decisions can be searched or browsed by date. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, is a key service providing free access to Canadian primary legal materials. The service has been designed by LexUM at the University of Montreal (using software developed by AustLII) on the initiative of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

North West Territories Court of Appeal of the Territories Decisions

A CanLII database containing all decisions of the Court made available on the NWT Court website from 1996 with selected decisions from 1984 onwards. Practice rules of the Court are also provided on the site. The decisions can be searched or browsed by date. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, is a key service providing free access to Canadian primary legal materials. The service has been designed by LexUM at the University of Montreal (using software developed by AustLII) on the initiative of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Decisions are in HTML format.

Legislation of the Northwest Territories

The website of the Department of Justice in the Canadian Northwest Territories provides consolidated primary and secondary legislation, updated monthly. Basic and advanced search facilities are available, or users can browse the legislation by title (under "Alphabetical Search"). The Northwest Territories Rules of Court and the Northwest Territories Gazette (2006 - ) can be found via the same web page. The website has an English and a French version and all the documents provided are bilingual.

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