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The library will be closed on Monday, May 22 for Victoria Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 23.
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New King’s Bench Notices
May 9, 2023 – Notice – Hearing of Civil Motions During Summer Court Session – During the summer court session from June 26 to September 1, 2023, the uncontested civil motions list will sit on Wednesdays and Fridays each week. Emergency matters during these days will first need to be placed on an uncontested list. Emergency matters outside those days can be arranged by contacting the Civil Motion Coordinator or, if unavailable, calling the court’s off-hours emergency number.
May 17, 2023 – Notice – Amendments to Court of King`s Bench Rules (Family) – Amendments to Rule 70 Family Division Amendments, Family Division Forms, as well as Rule 4.10(1) have been approved and will come into force upon proclamation of The Family Law Act and The Family Support Enforcement Act. The amendment to Rule 4.10 comes into force immediately. The full list of changes are in Manitoba Regulation numbers 37/2023 and 39/2023
May 17, 2023 – Notice – Amendments to Court of King`s Bench Rules (Probate) – Changes to King’s Bench Rules 74 and 75 (along with new forms) dealing with probate and estate matters come into force on July 1, 2023. The full text of the amendments are available in Manitoba Regulation number 38/2023.
See here for all King’s Bench Notices and Practice Directions
Legislative Update – May 18th
News
Manitoba Government Introduces Legislative Amendments that would Enhance Safety of Combative Sport Participants May 17, 2023 – The Manitoba government is introducing Bill 40, the Combative Sports Act, to expand the mandate of the Manitoba Combative Sport Commission (MCSC) which would enhance the safety of combative sport participants at all levels, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Obby Khan announced today.
Changes to King’s Bench Rules – New amendment to the rules dealing with family matters, as well as probate and estate matters, have been approved. See regulations 37/2023, 38/2023, and 39/2023 for full details.
Fifth Session, 42nd Legislature
Government Bills
Introduced
- 39 The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (3) – amends The Residential Tenancies Act to list examples of information or evidence that the director may consider in an application to evict a tenant for unlawful activity.
- 40 The Combative Sports Amendment Act – This Bill expands the Commission’s mandate to include licensing and regulating amateur combative sports that the Lieutenant Governor in Council has designated.
In Committee
- 7 The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act
- 10 The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act (Social Responsibility Fee Repealed)
- 16 The Domestic Violence and Stalking Amendment Act
- 21 The Highway Traffic Amendment Act
- 22 The Emergency Measures Amendment Act
- 23 The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Amendment Act
- 25 The Workers Compensation Amendment Act (Wildfire Firefighters)
- 27 The Intimate Image Protection Amendment Act
- 29 The Life Leases Amendment Act
- 31 The Animal Care Amendment Act (2)
- 32 An Act respecting Child and Family Services (Indigenous Jurisdiction and Related Amendments)
- 35 The Education Administration Amendment Act (Teacher Certification and Professional Conduct)
- 36 The Fair Registration Practices in Regulated Professions Amendment Act
- 38 The Builders’ Liens Amendment Act (Prompt Payment)
Private Bills
Introduced
- 214 The Ecological Reserves Amendment Act (Ecological Corridors) – “This Bill amends The Ecological Reserves Act to allow for the creation of an ecological corridor system.”
- 233 The Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Act – “This Bill establishes The Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Act. Title reservation and self-governing authority are provided to members of the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Manitoba.”
- 241 The Mandatory Training for Provincial Employees (Systemic Racism and Human Rights) Act – “This Bill requires provincial employees to complete an annual training program that aims to eliminate systemic racism and to advance understanding of human rights.”
- 242 The Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Act (Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act Amended) – “This Bill amends The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act. November 30 of each year is proclaimed as Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.”
2nd Reading
For the status of all current bills click here.
Regulations
| Number | Title | Registered | Published |
| 37/2023 | Court of King’s Bench Rules, amendment | 12 May 2023 | 12 May 2023 |
| 38/2023 | Court of King’s Bench Rules, amendment | 12 May 2023 | 12 May 2023 |
| 39/2023 | Court of King’s Bench Rules, amendment | 12 May 2023 | 12 May 2023 |
| 40/2023 | General Hunting Regulation, amendment | 15 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 |
Free webinar on vLex and Vincent AI
There has been a lot of talk about AI programs in the news lately, and it may surprise some law society members to know that they have access to one of these powerful tools with vLex and the ‘Vincent’ AI.
The library will be hosting three online training sessions for vLex with instruction on how to use the platform and its features . These webinars will also cover vLex’s AI ‘Vincent’, explaining how this powerful tool assists with legal research, analyzes documents and automatically generates headnotes from decisions.
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Session 1 Vincent/AI Webinar: Tuesday May 30th at 1 pm CT
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Session 2 Navigating the vLex Platform with a focus on Irwin Law Webinar: Tuesday June 13th at 1 pm CT
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Session 3 vLex Platform Walkthrough Webinar (Vincent AI, Navigating the Platform, Irwin Law): Tuesday June 27th at 1 pm CT
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What is Vincent?
By combining human search behaviour with machine speed, Vincent enables you to go beyond traditional research methods. With its easy-to-use technology, this cross-jurisdictional assistant helps you to:
- Quickly interact with global legal information
- Save valuable research time
- Extract key legal issues from cases
- Access automatically generated headnotes on
- millions of cases
- Improve the quality of your work by ensuring no
- important documents are missed due to human error.
Importantly, Vincent recognizes legal documents from over 30 countries, in both English and Spanish. As well as finding all in-text references, Vincent also finds documents that are semantically similar, on the same points of law, and also in other jurisdictions, to help lawyers build better arguments using on-point cases and persuasive authorities.
Vincent AI Case Analysis
vLex has enhanced Vincent AI’s capabilities to include a new feature called Case Analysis. Vincent, using large-scale language models, can now read cases, extract key information, and automatically produce summarized headnotes – helping legal professionals understand the important issues addressed in a judgment at a glance.
Irwin Law E-Library
The Irwin Law e-book collection brings an innovative approach to legal publishing that does more than outline the current state of the law. Containing over 300 e-books, this collection analyses the complex issues of the day in a succinct and readable style, and in a manner that is probing and thoughtful. With a focus on Canadian law as well as some international topics, the Irwin law collection covers a wide range of practice areas.
Legislative Update – May 3rd
News
The Manitoba government has appointed Judge Ryan Rolston as the new chief judge of the provincial court of Manitoba. April 25, 2023 – “The Manitoba government has appointed Judge Ryan Rolston as chief judge of the provincial court of Manitoba, Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today. Rolston was called to the bar in 2000. Since being appointed to the bench, he has been a leader in the education of judges in Manitoba and nationally, having organized seminars as co-chair of the education committee and for the national education committee of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges. His appointment as a chief judge will come into effect in July for a non-renewable term of seven years.”
Fifth Session, 42nd Legislature
Government Bills
2nd Reading
- 7 The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act
- 10 The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Amendment Act (Social Responsibility Fee Repealed)
- 21 The Highway Traffic Amendment Act
- 23 The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Amendment Act
- 29 The Life Leases Amendment Act
- 31 The Animal Care Amendment Act (2)
- 32 An Act respecting Child and Family Services (Indigenous Jurisdiction and Related Amendments)
- 36 The Fair Registration Practices in Regulated Professions Amendment Act
- 38 The Builders’ Liens Amendment Act (Prompt Payment)
In Committee
- 2 The Official Time Amendment Act
- 6 The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Amendment Act
- 8 The Off-Road Trails Safety and Maintenance Act
- 11 The Reducing Red Tape and Improving Services Act, 2023
- 12 The Minor Amendments and Corrections Act, 2023
- 13 The Wildlife Amendment Act
- 15 The Court of King’s Bench Amendment Act
- 17 The Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (2)
- 18 The Legislative Security Amendment Act
- 19 The Provincial Offences Amendment Act
- 24 The Wildfires Amendment Act
- 26 The Limitations Amendment and Public Officers Amendment Act
- 34 The Police Services Amendment Act
- 35 The Education Administration Amendment Act (Teacher Certification and Professional Conduct)
Private Bills
Introduced
- 237 The Advanced Education Administration Amendment Act – “This Bill amends The Advanced Education Administration Act to include Providence University College and Theological Seminary as a university dealt with under the Act. Providence University College and Theological Seminary is exempted from the guidelines for university tuition fees and student fees.”
- 238 The Personal Care Home Accountability Act (Various Acts Amended) – “This Bill amends The Health Services Insurance Act to enable family members of personal care home residents to establish family councils. Personal care home operators must provide support for the family councils.”
- 239 The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act (Application Fees and Deposits) – “This Bill amends The Residential Tenancies Act to clarify that a landlord must not charge a prospective tenant any application fees. A landlord is also not permitted to require a tenant to pay a deposit before the landlord and tenant enter into a tenancy agreement. This Bill also amends The Health System Governance and Accountability Act and The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act to ensure that certain information on each personal care home is published on a government website,…”
- 240 The Remembrance Day Amendment Act – “This Bill amends The Remembrance Day Act to ensure that employees are entitled to wear a poppy in the workplace during the seven-day period leading up to and including Remembrance Day.”
2nd Reading
- 210 The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Leave for Miscarriage or Stillbirth)
- 215 The Non-Disclosure Agreements Act
- 218 An Act Respecting the Title “Associate Judge” (Various Acts Amended)
- 235 The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act
For the status of all current bills click here.
Regulations
| Number | Title | Registered | Published |
| 32/2023 | Speed Timing Devices Regulation, amendment | 20 Apr. 2023 | 20 Apr. 2023 |
| 33/2023 | Fatality Inquiries Regulation, amendment | 21 Apr. 2023 | 21 Apr. 2023 |
| 34/2023 | Ignition-Interlock Program Regulation, amendment | 28 Apr. 2023 | 28 Apr. 2023 |
| 35/2023 | Driver Safety Rating System Regulation, amendment | 28 Apr. 2023 | 28 Apr. 2023 |
| 36/2023 | Animal Diseases (General) Regulation | 28 Apr. 2023 | 28 Apr. 2023 |
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