New Practice Direction – Court of King’s Bench September 24, 2025

New Practice Direction Issued : Pre- Triage Emergent Motions for Extreme Financial Hardship of a Party or a Child of a Party

A Pilot Project is being undertaken as part of this Court’s ongoing commitment to enhance access to justice in the area of family law.
King’s Bench Rule 70.24(12) currently permits a judge to hear a motion or application prior to a triage conference in three emergent situations.

Following consultation with the Triage Implementation Committee and the Family Law Bar, it has been concluded that there shall be a fourth emergent situation where a judge may hear a pre-triage conference motion or application. This emergent situation is:

(d) extreme financial hardship of a party or a child of a party

This Practice Direction comes into effect immediately.

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Blog Round-up – July and August 2025

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of July and August 2025

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Blog Round-up – May and June 2025

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    Blog Round-up – March and April 2025

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    Notice – Court of King’s Bench April 29, 2025

    RE: BAIL REVIEWS IN THE COURT OF KING’S BENCH

    “This is a reminder that the Notice of November 14, 2014 (as attached) regarding the need to e-mail the Criminal Motion Coordinator that a contested bail review will be proceeding in the Court of King’s Bench remains in effect. As such, where counsel do not confirm by e-mail to the Criminal Motion Coordinator that a matter will be proceeding in accordance with the guidelines provided in this Notice, the application will not be heard on a contested basis.”

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