A round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community in November 2021
Clarke Immigration Law
- MB Torch of Dignity Event November 29, 2021
- CityNews: Stop Deportation October 27, 2021
Matthew Gould Blog (Criminal Law)
- How To Find A Criminal Lawyer (Updated) November 16, 2021
MLT Aikins
- The Return of Post-Arrival Testing and Quarantine December 1, 2021
- Canada Energy Regulator Denies Enbridge’s Mainline Contracting Application November 30, 2021
- Significant Updates to Canada’s COVID-19 Travel Rules November 24, 2021
- Insurers Can Deny Coverage After a Claim Is Accepted, SCC Rules November 24, 2021 – “The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified that an insurer with no prior knowledge of a policy breach may later deny coverage once the breach has been discovered.”
- COP26: Implications for Western Canada November 23, 2021
- Province Launches Retrain Manitoba Grant Program November 16, 2021
- Who Owns Your Intellectual Property? November 8, 2021
- Completing Records of Employment for Vaccination Policy Terminations November 5, 2021
- Incoming Amendments to The Human Rights Code (Manitoba) November 4, 2021
- Considerations for Purchasers When Acquiring Existing Employees of a Business November 3, 2021
- Canada Will Require Full Vaccination for Travel from Canadian Airports October 29, 2021
- Labour Arbitrators Have Exclusive Jurisdiction Over All Collective Agreement Disputes, SCC Confirms October 29, 2021
- MB Caution (Yellow): Province Announces New Public Health Measures October 29, 2021
- ESG Activism: Coming Soon to a Boardroom Near You October 28, 2021
- Municipal Slip Up: Liability and Core Policy Immunity October 27, 2021
Pitblado Law Blog
- Pitblado wins at the Supreme Court November 29, 2021 – “The Supreme Court rules that an employment discrimination dispute involving a unionized worker should be settled by a labour arbitrator appointed under the collective agreement, not by a human rights adjudicator.”
Robson Crim Legal Blog
- The Right to be Tried Within a Reasonable Time – Prachi Sanghavi
- Defending Peace Bond Applications – A. Josey
- Is consent becoming an arbitrary concept? – Katrina Chanas
- Duress and Necessity: Questioning the Distinction – Rhiannon Swan
- Trauma and Tragedy in Canada’s First Nations – Xiyuan Feng
- A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? The Admissibility of Similar Fact Evidence as Narrative By K MacLeod
- “No Basis to Proceed with Charges”: SIU should Compel Officers to be Interviewed by E MacDonald
- 100 Problems – Justin Paulic
- Drug Decriminalization in Canada – Maddy Ackermann
- Limiting Privacy in the Digital Age – Kaitlin Trager
- Racialized or Randomized?: Race Shield Legislation Admissibility & Character Evidence
- Expansion of Police Powers – CHW
- Courts Left to Decide Inconsistent Jury Verdicts – CHW
- Developments in Dangerous Driving – Zackary Porter
- The Search for Truth: Will the Call for Justice be Answered at the ICC? By: Rachel Lauder
TDS law
- Top 10 Employment Law Basics December 3, 2021
- Misgendering Employees Can Result In Damages Against Employers November 23, 2021 – “Two recent decisions of Human Rights Tribunals in Ontario (EN v Gallagher’s Bar and Lounge, 2021 HRTO 240) and British Columbia (Nelson v Goodberry Restaurant Group Ltd. dba Buono Osteria and others, 2021 BCHRT 137) highlight the importance of employers respecting the preferred pronouns of their employees, and the potential consequences should an employer fail to show such respect.”