Library Closure: June 15
The Manitoba Law Library will be closing at 11:00 am on Friday, June 15 for a swearing in ceremony reception.
After hours access will be available after 5:00 pm on Friday.
Regular hours will resume on Monday, June 18.
New Book Display: Wills
On June 18th the Winnipeg Public Library in conjunction with Community Legal Education Association is hosting a free session on Wills at the Windsor Park branch.
Lawyer Marvin Giesbrecht, of St. Mary’s Law LLP will be speaking about what a will is, what it does, and what to include in your will.
Registration is required. For more information click HERE.
In keeping with this theme, we have created a display of relevant titles available here in the library.
Titles are:
- Drafting Wills in Canada : a Lawyer’s Practical Guide, 2nd ed by Robyn Solnik et al
- Wills and estates by the Manitoba CPLED Program
- Oosterhoff on Wills, 8th ed by Albert H Oosterhoff.
- Hot topics in wills and estates 2017 by the Law Society of Manitoba Education and Competence Department
- Tax planned will precedents, 4th ed by Alison Scott Butler
- Waters’ law of trusts in Canada, 4th ed editor in chief, Donovan W.M. Waters
- Feeney’s Canadian law of wills, 4th ed by James MacKenzie
If you’re looking to take out any of these books, please see a staff member. (48 hour loan period).
CPD in the Library!
On Wednesday, June 20th our trainer, Frank Merryweather from LexisNexis will be here offering sessions to show users how to navigate and search the new Lexis Advance Quicklaw platform.
The sessions offered will be 30 minutes long, and each session qualifies for 30 minutes of your CPD requirements.
The schedule is as follows:
9:00 – 9:30 Criminal Law
10:00 – 10:30 Corporate/Commercial Law
11:00 – 11:30 Personal Injury Law
1:00 – 1:30 Family Law
2:00 – 2:30 Labour and Employment Law
3:00 – 3:30 Criminal Law
CPD in the Library – Registration Form
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the library and we will be happy to help!
New Book Display: Estates
On Thursday June 7th the Winnipeg Public Library in conjunction with Community Legal Education Association is hosting a free session on Estates as part of their Law in the Library series.
During the session they will discuss topics such as duties of an executor, what needs to be probated, and issues regarding wills.
Registration is required. For more information click HERE.
In keeping with this theme, we have created a display of relevant titles available here in the library.
Titles are:
- Estate Litigation, 2nd ed by Brian A. Schnurr
- Estates Trusts and Pensions journal
- Hot Topics in Wills and Estates 2017 by the Law Society of Manitoba Education and Competence Department
- Canadian Forms and Precedents : Wills and Estates by Margaret E. Rintoul
- The Executor’s handbook, 5th ed by Jennifer Greenan
- Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice, 5th ed by Ian M. Hull
- Widdifield on Executors and Trustees, 6th ed edited by Carmen S. Theriault
If you’re looking to take out any of these books, please see a staff member. (48 hour loan period).
New Book Display: Small Business and the Law
On Tuesday, May 29th the Winnipeg Public Library in conjunction with Community Legal Education Association is hosting a free session on Small Business and the Law as part of their Law in the Library program.
Lawyer Samuel Goszer, of Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter Law Corporation will be speaking on different forms of business organization and licencing and legal requirements.
Registration is required. Click HERE for more information.
To keep up to date with what is happening around Winnipeg, we are featuring a display of some of our texts on business law to help you and your clients.
Titles are:
- Canadian Business Corporations Law, 3rd ed by Kevin Patrick McGuinness – all 3 volumes
- Business Legal Adviser: Precedents, Agreements and Materials by Gary S. Rossiter
- Landlord’s Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed by Harvey M Haber
- The law of contracts, 7th ed by S.M. Waddams
- Advising the Family-Owned Business by Robert M. Halpern
- Canadian Forms and Precedents: Commercial Transactions: Corporations by Kevin McGuinness
- 2016-2017 Corporate and Commercial Transactions by the Manitoba CPLED Program
If you’re looking to take out any of these books, please see a staff member. (48 hour loan period).
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