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Feature Collection
Emond’s Working with the law collection is available online in the Member’s Portal.
This series provides helpful fundamentals in a number of legal areas including: Administrative, ADR, Corporate, Contract, Tort, Criminal, Employment, Family, Immigration, Litigation, Real Estate, Wills and Estate. It also has useful texts for assisting in legal practice with Office Administration, Legal Practice Skills, and Paralegal resources. We acquired this series with new practitioners and internationally trained lawyers in mind.
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Newsletters
One of our many services is the distribution of legal newsletters. Our subscriptions with Lexis+ and Westlaw Canada allow us to share their newsletters with members of the Law Society of Manitoba. These newsletters cover all areas of law. For one example of what we offer, check out the latest on criminal law with this popular title available from LexisNexis.
JSL Labour and Employment Law NetLetter
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.
The latest issue highlights matters on:
Appellate court increases fine against corporation to $40,000 in workplace injury case.
(Ontario (Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development) v. 1222149 Ontario Ltd. (c.o.b. Dairy Queen))
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Journals
Manitoba Law Library subscribes to a number of legal journals in print and digital. See below for the latest issues of popular titles. Members can request copies of articles under fair dealing guidelines by emailing library@lawsociety.mb.ca
Canadian Criminal Law Review
- Who Holds the Keys? Section 473 and the Prosecutor’s Gatekeeper Role in Canadian Murder Trials 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 143 Gustave Warby
- De la normalisation d’une anomalie: la véritable enquête au sein de la doctrine de la provocation policière 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 91 Émile Aquin
- L’aide par omission prévue à l’al. 21(1)b) du Code criminel: pour une approche de principe 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 123 Joanne Klineberg, François Lacasse
- Reasonable Doubts? Rationalising Appellate Review of Witness Credibility in Criminal Trials 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 21 Paul Roberts
- Unpacking Bill S-12: Pragmatic Compromise or Undue Deference? 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 59 Colton Fehr
- Sentencing — The Self-Convicted: The Ethics of Pleading Guilty (Julian V. Roberts and Jesper Ryberg, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2003) 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 79 Carissima Mathen
- La Cour D’Appel du Québec et le Droit Criminel: Un Exemple de Modération dans la Répression 28 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 1 Anne-Marie Boisvert
Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law
- The Use of Litigation to Battle Climate Change 19 J. Parliamentary & Pol. L. 427 Dr. Yasoda Wijerathna
New Library Resources
New Print Titles
O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms division 4, Leases
O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms, 11th Edition is a comprehensive collection of forms and precedents covering a broad range of legal subjects. It provides thousands of documents which can be easily customized to suit your individual needs. O’Brien’s, Division IV, Leases includes a vast array of leasing documents and clauses and can adapt them to suit their clients’ requirements.
Benefit from the following features:
- Introductory materials, including valuable commentary and extensive checklists on the topics covered
- Precedents and forms, including a variety of offers to lease, and leases for industrial, office, retail and residential situations
- Optional provisions (such as common tenant inducements and rights to assign and sublease without consent) that can be used with the precedent leases, or, with the subscriber’s own documents
Chapters in the text cover the following topics:
- Preliminary agreements
- Industrial leases
- Retail leases
- Office leases
- Special tenants’ rights
- Optional clauses
- Security in favour of landlord
- Residential leases
- Specialty documents
- Ground leases
- Transfer documents
- Amending and renewal documents
- Landlord financing documents
- Tenant financing documents
- Landlord remedy documents and notices
- Registration forms
- Reporting the transaction
Taxation and Estate Planning
In this highly specialized field, the author has produced this flexible looseleaf edition of a comprehensive guide to estate planning. Authoritative and analytical, Taxation and Estate Planning describes tax laws affecting estate planning and suggests techniques to manage tax consequences.
The text includes in-depth analysis of areas such as:
- Taxation in the year of death
- Taxation of the estate
- Testamentary trusts and beneficiaries will planning
- Gifts and trusts estate freezing
- Buy/sell arrangements and international taxation transfers as consequences of death
- Attribution rules, and much more
This work provides a comprehensive overview of all major issues that must be considered in an effective estate planning strategy. It is a must-have for all financial planners, trust and insurance companies, tax specialists in law, and accounting firms as well as those in academia.
New Digital Titles
Criminal Psychology. By David Rowlands & David Canter. 3rd ed.
London, U.K.: Routledge, 2025. x, 365 p. Includes illustrations, bibliographic references, and index. ISBN 9780367773755 (hardcover) $170.00; ISBN 9780367773731 (softcover) $56.99; ISBN 9781003171065 (eBook) $51.29.
Reviewed By
Leslie Taylor
Research and Instruction Librarian
Lederman Law Library
Queen’s University
“Criminal Psychology, 3rd ed, by David Rowlands and David Canter, is the latest addition to Routledge’s Topics in Applied Psychology series. Both authors are leading academics in criminal psychology in the U.K., making them qualified to write this foundational textbook: Rowlands is a research fellow at the University of Leeds specializing in the policing of vulnerable populations, addiction, and offender rehabilitation, while Canter is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool who has researched and published significantly in the field of psychology and crime over several decades.
Examining the intersections between psychology and crime, criminal psychology plays a vital role in crime prevention and investigation, the creation of safer communities, and support for victims and witnesses of crime. As demand continues to grow for psychology expertise, this updated edition is particularly timely and relevant for contemporary students and practitioners within the criminal justice system.
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Events
Upcoming Events
Reconciliation in Canada: From AJI to MMIWG2S+
Substantive Law
Civil Litigation
Larocque v. Larocque et al., 2025 MBKB 94: Personal injury. An improperly jacked bus fell on the torso of the plaintiff. Plaintiff had no reason to be under the bus. Discussion of The Occupiers’ Liability Act and The Tortfeasers and Contributory Negligence Act. Plaintiff was found 50 percent contributorily negligent.
Corporate and Commercial Law
The Rustic Wedding Barn Ltd. v. Wiebe, et al., 2025 MBKB 95: Defendant motion for summary judgement, dismissing plaintiff claim. Plaintiff claim based on negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. It was found that the claim for negligent misrepresentation is barred by terms of the parties’ Share Purchase Agreement and was therefore dismissed. The other claims proceed. Obiter comments regarding King’s Bench Rules, M.R. 553/88, Rules 20.01 and 50(5.1).
Criminal Law
R v. Becks, 2025 MBCA 69: Appellant, self-represented in this matter, seeks to appeal conviction and sentence. He sought an order under s. 684(1) of the Criminal Code, appointing counsel to act on his behalf, and an order pursuant to s. 684(2) of the Code that his mother be reimbursed for the cost of transcripts ordered in preparation for the hearing of this motion and the appeal. R v Bernardo, 1997 CanLII 2240 (ONCA) referenced when considering s. 684(1) of the Code. Motion to appeal conviction denied. Counsel was assigned to assist appellant in sentence appeal and costs are to be reimbursed to appellant’s mother.
R v SNL, 2025 MBCA 65: Sentence appeal on grounds of harsh and unfit sentence, among others. R v Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 is used in discussion of unfit sentences. Seven appellate cases (para. 26-33) assisted in determining a fit sentence. The sentence of ten years incarceration was substituted with a sentence of eight years incarceration.
R v. Louttit, 2025 MBPC 53: At issue is whether the evidence of alcohol consumption alongside an unexplained accident is sufficient to find a conviction for impaired operation. The Court found that the Crown did not meet the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt. Accused acquitted.
R v. Raqib, 2025 MBPC 50: Decision on application to quash search warrant. R v DeSilva, 2025 MBCA 30 and R v Pilbeam, 2018 MBCA 128 cited in discussion of the review of judicially authorized warrants. Warrant was found to be valid; application dismissed.
R v. MS, 2025 MBPC 48: Accused pled guilty to sexual interference and the production and distribution of CSAEM. Court cited R v DC, 2016 MBCA 49 at paragraphs 44 and 45, saying that it is settled in Manitoba that making and distributing CSAEM should attract consecutive sentences. Accused sentenced to 20 years accounting for totality.
Family Law
Afshar v. Najarzadeh, 2025 MBKB 92: Issue of how to treat a Mehrieh under Manitoba law. Parties cited Bakhshi v. Hosseinzadeh, 2017 ONCA 838, and Khamis v. Noormohamed, 2011 ONCA 127. Horst, J. writes, “The Manitoba legislation would support the conclusion reached by the Ontario Court of Appeal that the Maher or Mehrieh must contain specific language that would exclude it from the net family property for purposes of equalization under their legislation. In Manitoba the Mehrieh would be an asset and the marriage contract would be a spousal agreement.”
Bear v. Facioli, 2025 MBKB 91: Family Property Act accounting. Dispute over if the cottage on leased Crown land is jointly owned by the parties or solely owned by the petitioner’s corporation. Issue of certain evidence breaching The Privacy Act.
Legislation
Provincial
The House adjourned on June 2, 2025.
The 2nd Session of the 43rd Legislature will reconvene on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
New Regulations
| Number | Title | Registered | Published |
| 58/2025 | Charges Payable by Long Term Care Patients Regulation, amendment | 8 July 2025 | 9 July 2025 |
| 59/2025 | Fees in Lieu of Taxes and Related Matters Regulation (2025) | 17 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 |
| 60/2025 | Tax Rates Regulation (2025) | 17 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 |
| 61/2025 | Personal Health Information Regulation, amendment | 18 July 2025 | 18 July 2025 |
| 62/2025 | Assistance Regulation, amendment | 18 July 2025 | 18 July 2025 |