Masters’ Court – Notice COVID-19 Procedural Update (August 14, 2020) This notice modifies the May 11th notice with the resumption of Maintenance Enforcement dockets. Debtors scheduled to appear on or after September 8, 2020 are required to attend court in person, or their legal counsel.
Safety procedures are detailed attached to this notice.
Provincial Court of Manitoba: Access to Winnipeg Remand Centre
Access to Winnipeg Remand Centre (August 18, 2020) With ongoing difficulties counsel has accessing their clients, the WRC is again permitting counsel to attend in person as of Wednesday August 19, 2020.
Counsel can still contact their clients by telephone and LVI. Additional directions and safety procedures are detailed in the notice.
For all notices and directions related to Covid-19, click here.
This notice is in continuation of the notice of May 13, 2020 advising that child protection dockets will continue to sit in the court centres for the month of July, 2020, with the EXCEPTION of Steinbach, Beausejour, Pine Falls and Peguis First Nation. A list of child protection dockets sitting in court centres is included.
Further to the notice of May 15, 2020 additional court sittings will resume in Peguis First Nation, Pine Falls, Virden, Rossburn and Russell, only being open to those necessary to court proceedings. Those that do come to court are being asked to respect health protocols and refrain from coming if they are exhibiting any symptoms.
Other circuit courts which have not been re-opened as described in this notice will not sit during July. All matters on those dockets will be further suspended and administratively adjourned to the next court date set for that community.
Case management conferences will continue as scheduled and may be conducted by teleconference.
This Notice to Profession changes the Notice issued by this Court on April 28, 2020. This notice details protocols for videoconferencing. Motions will continue to be scheduled in a courtroom and will be heard via teleconference, with the judge’s assistant arranging the teleconference and notifying counsel. Effective immediately, counsel has the obligation to arrange a teleconference or a video conference for a case conference where both parties are represented by counsel. Protocols for motions and scheduling case conferences are provided.
Effective June 23, 2020, the Triage Screening List will commence in-person proceedings, reminding parties to follow the triage screening process described in Court of Queen’s Bench Rules 70.24 (16) to (21). Additional information regarding scheduling is detailed in the notice.
This notice changes previous notices which stated the Triage screening List would operate via teleconference.
A new notice has been posted here regarding the Winnipeg uncontested civil motions list during the summer court recess from June 29 to September 7, 2020.
The civil uncontested list will sit Wednesdays and Fridays and operate by teleconference commencing at 10:00a.m.
For the call-in number and other details please see this notice and previous notices posted on the Manitoba Courts website.
A new notice has been posted here that addresses changes to the previous notices of March 17, April 7, and April 24.
“all currently scheduled civil and family motions, and references set to proceed before the masters on or after May 25, 2020, will proceed, remotely wherever possible…”
The notice also notes changes that:
Child Protection Dockets are gradually moving back from the suspension of the 60 day docket rule.
Regular masters’ uncontested lists will resume daily operation effective Tuesday May 19, 2020, for previously adjourned motions, and May 25, 2020, for new motions. This changes the April 24, 2020 notice which was to be in effect until May 25, 2020.
Commencing the week of May 11, 2020, matters which were previously adjourned through and including May 22, can be scheduled to appear returnable on the masters’ daily uncontested lists which will resume Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Bankruptcy dockets will resume after May 25, 2020, proceeding remotely with allowance for the trustee’s representative to appear in person.
With the exception of any scheduled viva voce reference hearings that had been adjourned, all adjourned matters, including hearings for directions, may be rescheduled to proceed remotely.
Special notes and modifications for Brandon Centre as well as the Dauphin, Portage la Prairie, and Morden Centres are also given.
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