One of our most popular services is the distribution of legal newsletters. Our subscriptions with LexisAdvance Quicklaw and Westlaw Canada allow us to share their newsletters with members of the Law Society of Manitoba. LexisNexis has recently added a few more in the areas of criminal law and employment and labour law.
The Hill/Wein Criminal Evidence NetLetter is a semi-monthly current awareness service providing case summaries and commentary in the area of criminal evidence.
Looking to be updated on the latest employment and labour law decisions?
Along with the LexisNexis Employment Law NetLetter and the LexisNexis Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Law NetLetter, the JSL Labour and Employment Law NetLetter is a weekly current awareness service highlighting new labour and employment decisions from labour boards, arbitrators, human rights tribunals, and courts. Issues are added Wednesday of each week.
Browse our Current Awareness Guide for a list and descriptions of all newsletters we have available.
If you would like to subscribe to any of these publications, please email library@lawsociety.mb.ca so we can add you to the distribution list.
New Family Law resources have recently been released by the Justice Department as part of their free online legal training resources for professionals, Justice Canada Changes to Family Laws. Along with a family violence toolkit, three new free and accredited courses are available to help lawyers understand the 2021 amendments to the Divorce Act:
This course provides an overview of the amendments to the Divorce Act related to parenting including the new parenting terminology and best interests of the child criteria. It is intended to help legal advisers understand the child-focused approach of the Divorce Act’s parenting provisions and the impact of family violence on parenting arrangements.
This course is designed to increase legal advisers’ knowledge and understanding of the new change of residence and relocation framework in the Divorce Act. It focuses on the procedures people must follow in relation to moves and the principles a court will apply in making a decision about a child’s relocation.
This online course focuses on family dispute resolution and the new duties for parties and legal advisers under the Divorce Act. This course will also address the amendments to the Act that encourage parties to use family dispute resolution processes and family justice services.
This free Toolkit offers practical training to ensure that legal advisers can identify and respond to family violence in their family law cases.
The HELP toolkit is comprised of four sections:
HAVE an initial discussion about family violence
EXPLORE immediate risks and safety concerns
LEARN more about the family violence to help you determine what to recommend to your client
PROMOTE safety throughout the family law case
Each of these sections is covered in depth, along with a legal response guide and supplemental materials to assist practitioners. The Toolkit is based on new and existing research on family violence in the family law context.
The HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers can be accessed through the Department of Justice Canada website by clicking here.
To access all of the resources offered by Justice Canada Changes to Family Laws click here.
In a world already exhausted by the unrelenting pandemic, the holiday season offers the promise of a reprieve for some. Unfortunately, the holiday season is also a time when cyber criminals are particularly active as most people try to unplug and take some well-deserved breaks from work.
Having endured over a year now of government-imposed restrictions on personal liberty to curb the case count of covid, the general population is now able to better understand the implications of confinement. This blog will begin by exploring the historical reasoning behind solitary confinement, its effectiveness and psychological impact, and circle back to the current state of Covid-19 and what it entails for inmates who have already been deprived of many rights.
Insurers Can Deny Coverage After a Claim Is Accepted, SCC Rules November 24, 2021 – “The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified that an insurer with no prior knowledge of a policy breach may later deny coverage once the breach has been discovered.”
Pitblado wins at the Supreme Court November 29, 2021 – “The Supreme Court rules that an employment discrimination dispute involving a unionized worker should be settled by a labour arbitrator appointed under the collective agreement, not by a human rights adjudicator.”
Misgendering Employees Can Result In Damages Against Employers November 23, 2021 – “Two recent decisions of Human Rights Tribunals in Ontario (EN v Gallagher’s Bar and Lounge, 2021 HRTO 240) and British Columbia (Nelson v Goodberry Restaurant Group Ltd. dba Buono Osteria and others, 2021 BCHRT 137) highlight the importance of employers respecting the preferred pronouns of their employees, and the potential consequences should an employer fail to show such respect.”
The Manitoba Law Library would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are situated on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
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The Great Library will be closed from December 25, 2024 to January 1, 2025 for the winter holidays. Regular office hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
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