New Provincial Court Notices

March 18, 2024 – Minnedosa, Virden and Russell (Brandon Centre)

…in order to improve overall court efficiency, courts that do not require time previously allotted to them will be reduced.
To this end, the following changes are being implemented in Minnedosa, Virden, and Russell, effective May 1, 2024:

  1. Minnedosa will now sit twice a month on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Tuesday. The fourth (4th) Tuesday sitting is cancelled;
  2. Virden will now sit twice a month on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Friday of the month. The fourth (4th) Friday sitting is cancelled;
  3. Russell will now sit every second (2nd) month (instead of every month) in April, June, August, October, November, February.

March 18, 2024 – Regional Pre-Trial Coordination Protocol (Brandon Centre)

…the Provincial Court of Manitoba is implementing a regional protocol for pre-trial coordination that will apply in the regional judicial centres of Brandon, Dauphin, Portage la Prairie, and The Pas.


The regional protocol is effective April 16, 2024 in the judicial centre of Brandon.

Regional Adult Pre-Trial Coordination Protocol

See the notices for full details. All Provincial Court notices and Practice Directives are available on the Manitoba Courts website

Blog Round Up – January and February 2024

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of January and February 2024

Brodsky Amy & Gould

Fillmore Riley

MLT Aikins

Pitblado Law Blog

Taylor McCaffrey

TDS law

New King’s Bench Notice – Resumption of E-Filing

February 26, 2024 – Electronic Filing Resumes March 4, 2024

Further to the notice dated January 24, 2023, the technical issues related to electronic filing (e-filing) have been resolved. Effective March 4, 2024, e-filing specifically for Receiver/Manager applications, applications filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and plans of arrangement under The Corporations Act may resume.

All other King’s Bench notices are available on the Manitoba Court’s Website.

Rangefindr: Pre-Sentence Custody Credit Guide

Recent news reports from Ontario have highlighted the complicated practice of calculating credit for pre-sentence custody. Rangefindr has been a helpful resource for our members to suggest sentencing ranges and now Rangefindr has created a new guide to further assist calculating these sentences.

The rangefindr.ca “Guide to Credit for Pre-sentence Custody and Release” is now available behind the member portal.

Other free guides and tools are available at https://www.rangefindr.ca/eng/docs and https://mms.watch.

Blog Round-Up November/December 2023

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of November and December 2023

Brodsky Amy & Gould

Fillmore Riley

MLT Aikins

Robson Crim Legal Blog

Taylor McCaffrey

TDS law

Together a collaborative family law blog