Legislative Updates

by | Apr 9, 2019 | Bill Status, Legislation, New Bills

4th Session of the 41st Legislature

New Bills

Government Bills:

Private Member’s Bills:

Check the Bill Status daily to follow the legislative process.

Defeated

New Product – American Law Institute Library

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Caselaw, Commentary, Legal Research, United States

Effective April 1, 2019, the library is adding an additional resource to our HeinOnline collection. In addition to the Canada Core Library, we have added the American Law Institute Library.


The American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.

The American Law Institute

Instructions on how to access this additional database are included behind the Members’ Portal under “Library Resources”.

Contents Update – Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal

by | Mar 28, 2019 | Commentary, Journals, Wills and Estates

Volume 38, No. 2 of the Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal has arrived in the library.

Contents

From the Legislatures

  • The Regulation of Ontario Retirement Homes: A Primer for Elder Law Advocates in Ontario by John Risk and Heather Hogan
  • The Increasing Exposure of Retirement Savings to Derivative Instruments by Scott McEvoy

Articles

  • Rights of Surviving Spouses on Death in Canada by Marni M.K. Whitaker
  • Conjugal Succession Rights in British Columbia and the Yukon by Amy Francis
  • Comparing Common Law and Marriage Succession Rights in Alberta by Nancy L. Golding
  • Spousal Succession Rights Upon Death in Saskatchewan by Kimberly D. Visram
  • Entitlements of a Surviving Spouse in Manitoba by Gwen Muirhead
  • Rights of Married and Common Law Spouses in Ontario on Death by E. Llana Nakonechny and Zahra Taseer

If you are a member of the Law Society of Manitoba and would like to receive a copy of any of these articles, please contact us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca.