Legislative Update – New Proclamation

The Government has issued the following Proclamation:

The Reducing Red Tape and Improving Services Act, 2019 S.M. 2019, c. 11 (sections 11 and 31)

“This Act amends several Acts and repeals three Acts and five regulations to reduce or eliminate regulatory requirements and to improve services.”

Specifically , section 11 deals with the The Fatality Inquiries Act, while section 31 amends the Vital Statistics Act.

For a current list of all proclamations, see here.

New Queen’s Bench Notice Family Division

May Administrative Lists, Triage/Prerequisites, Child Protection Intake and Newly Scheduled Motions and Case Conferences (April 28, 2020)

“The purpose and intent of this Notice is to provide important information to litigants and counsel in respect of the previously-announced second limitation of Court services covering the period from April 18 to May 22, 2020.”

This notice assigns matters which were cancelled from April 20 to May 22, 2020, and provides dates for Triage/Prerequisites, Child Protection Intake, and Motions and Case Conferences.

Click here to see the notice.

New Queen’s Bench Notice – Prerequisite Motions

The Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench has released a new notice regarding prerequisite motions.

Effective immediately, the Masters of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench will be resuming the hearing of motions in the Family Division relating to the completion of prerequisites.

This notice amends the previous notice on April 7th, and is in effect until May 25, 2020.

Click here to see the notice.

This notice and all previous notices regarding changes due to COVID-19 can be found here on the Manitoba Courts Website.

Blog Round up

A bi-monthly round-up of blog posts from the Manitoba legal community for the months of March and April 2020

Clarke Immigration Law

Robson Crim Legal Blog

Matthew Gould Blog (Criminal Law)

Pitblado Law Blog

Taylor McCaffrey

TDS law

MLT Aikins

Michael Dyck Criminal Law Blog

Tom Rees Legal News

Consolidated legal updates from the Canadian Bar Association

The CBA has compiled a list of court notices and practice directions related to measures taken by courts across Canada for the COVID-19 situation.

Check their website here to stay up to date on all federal and provincial court notices.

Be sure to check out the other resources in their COVID-19 Resource Hub for more resources on mental health, professional development and advocacy.

Please note: The Library will be closed Monday, August 4th for the civil holiday. Regular library service will resume Tuesday, August 5th at 8:30AM.