New Book Display: Small Business and the Law

by | May 25, 2018 | Business Law, New Books

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:

If you’re looking to take out any of these books, please see a staff member. (48 hour loan period).

New book display: New & Featured Books for March 2018

by | Mar 21, 2018 | Legal Research, New Books

A book display with six books, on three levels of a bookcase. On the top left shelf is a sign that says "New and featured books". Book titles are in the blog post.We’ve recently received quite a few new books for the Library,  and we wanted to put them on display!

They are:

If you’d like to check out any of these materials, please let us know.

New Books in the Library

by | Jan 4, 2018 | Legal Publishing, Legal Research, New Books

New additions to our print collection:

Civil Law:

Tort Law, 6th ed. by Lewis N. Klar

The Law of Declaratory Judgments, 4th ed. by Lazar Sarna

Criminal Law:

Watt’s Manual of Criminal Jury Instructions, 2nd ed. by The Honourable Mr. Justice David Watt

Administrative Law:

Practice and Procedure Before Administrative Tribunals by Robert W. Macaulay and James L.H. Sprague (6 vol. looseleaf)

New items are kept in our reserve collection, which is only available during business hours. Depending on demand, these can be borrowed for use off site for a limited amount of time.

Even More Desktop Content for LSM Members

by | Oct 19, 2017 | Commentary, e-Books, Legal Research, New Books

If you’re a member of the Law Society of Manitoba, there is now even more content available for you behind the Member’s Portal. Under “Library Resources”, in addition to Heinonline.org, and Rangefindr.ca, we’ve added full Irwin Law collection, including the series, “Essentials of Canadian Law“.

Now you can have seamless access to authoritative secondary sources no matter where you live. However, you will have to remember your LSM username and password.

If you have any trouble accessing the site, please contact us at the Great Library.

 

New Books in the Library – Wills and Estates Titles

by | Jul 25, 2017 | New Books, Wills and Estates

We recently ordered a number of new books to add to our collection. All titles are linked to the publisher’s record which includes a summary of the content. You can search the Great Library Catalogue to see if the book is available.

 

Wills and Estates

Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice, 5th ed.

Oosterhoff on Wills, 8th ed.

The Executor’s Handbook, 5th ed.

Although new items are placed in our reserve collection, they are still available for borrowing for a 48 hour period.