Manitoba eLaws – New Edition – Business Law

by | Jan 8, 2018 | Commentary, Law Society Publications, Legal Research

The latest Business eLaw has been published. If you’re not familiar with  this resource, it is a publication produced by the Law Society of Manitoba with the latest news on a particular area of law, including digests of recent decisions, relevant changes to legislation, and other interesting commentary. eLaws are produced on Business, Criminal, Family, Labour and Employment, Litigation, Property and Succession, and Practice Management.

Selected contents from this edition of Business eLaw:

  • Framework for Imposing Liability in Negligent Misrepresentation Cases: SCC
  • Courts Play a Critical Role in Safeguarding Treaty Rights: SCC
  • Certainty in Commercial Relations Critical: MBCA
  • Retroactive COLA Payments Not Oppressive: MBQB
  • By-law Interpretation Challenge Compelling but Unsuccessful: MBQB
  • Legislative Update
  • FinTech Report: Competition Bureau
  • 2018 Mid-Winter Conference: MBA

You can sign up to receive eLaws directly to your email inbox, selecting only the areas of law you’re interested in.

Contents Update – Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal

by | Jan 5, 2018 | Commentary, Journals, Wills and Estates

Vol. 37, No. 1 of the Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal has just arrived.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the Legislature

  • RESPs and the Deceased Subscriber by Lorraine Allard and Bernadette Dietrich
  • The Modernization of Trustee Law in Atlantic Canada by Sarah Dykema
  • Foreign Guardians of Property and the Ontario Substitute Decisions Act by Matthew Furrow

Articles

  • Multiple Wills in British Columbia by Geoffrey W. White
  • Multiple Wills in Alberta by Nancy Golding
  • Multiple Wills in Saskatchewan by Karen Crellin
  • Multiple Wills in Manitoba by K. Eleanor Wiebe
  • Multiple Wills in Ontario by Marni M.K. Whitaker
  • The Use of Multiple Wills as an Estate Planning Technique in Atlantic Canada by Timothy C. Matthews and Gerald S. McMackin
  • Informal Fiduciary Accounting: Who, What, When, Where and Why by Susannah B. Roth
  • Quebec: “La Fente” or Legal Devolution to Relatives of the Half-Blood by Marilyn Piccini Roy

Practice Notes

  • Ontario and the Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition by K. Thomas Grozinger
  • Whose Claim is it Anyway: Who is Entitled to Assert and Settle a Claim with Respect to a Pension Benefits Act Deemed Trust? by Andrea Boctor

If you would like to receive a copy of any of these articles, please contact the library at greatlibrary@gov.mb.ca.

 

New Books in the Library

by | Jan 4, 2018 | Legal Publishing, Legal Research, New Books

New additions to our print collection:

Civil Law:

Tort Law, 6th ed. by Lewis N. Klar

The Law of Declaratory Judgments, 4th ed. by Lazar Sarna

Criminal Law:

Watt’s Manual of Criminal Jury Instructions, 2nd ed. by The Honourable Mr. Justice David Watt

Administrative Law:

Practice and Procedure Before Administrative Tribunals by Robert W. Macaulay and James L.H. Sprague (6 vol. looseleaf)

New items are kept in our reserve collection, which is only available during business hours. Depending on demand, these can be borrowed for use off site for a limited amount of time.

Legislative Update – New Proclamation

by | Jan 3, 2018 | Legislation, Proclamations

The Manitoba Government has issued the following proclamation:

With the advice and consent of the Executive Council of Manitoba, we amend the proclamation issued on November 9, 2016, in respect of the coming into force of The New Home Warranty Act (S.M. 2013, c. 23) by striking out “January 1, 2018” and substituting “January 1, 2020”.

This Bill ensures that all new homes built for sale are covered by a warranty against defects in materials, labour and design and structural defects, and requires home builders and warranty providers to be registered.

 

New Practice Direction re Judge-Alone Trials

by | Jan 2, 2018 | Court of Queen's Bench, Criminal Law, Practice Directions

The Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench has issued the following new practice direction:

Beginning in February 2018, as a one-year pilot project, all pre-trial conferences for judge-alone trials in the case of new criminal matters will be managed by one of approximately eight judges. A first group of four of these pre-trial judges will be assigned to this project for the first six months of the year and a second group of four pre-trial judges will be assigned to this project for the second six months of the year. Each new criminal matter proceeding by judge-alone will be assigned to one of these pre-trial judges.

Please read the practice direction in full.