Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba training 2021

Canadian Bar Association Webinar

Retroactive/Arrears of Child Support after Colucci

June 16, 2021

Number of participants: 1

Law Society of Manitoba

Annual Child Protection Program

October 22, 2021

Number of participants: 10

Pitblado Lectures

Recent developments in contract law at the Supreme Court of Canada; Duty of Good Faith and Honest Performance; Technology Topics; Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration; COVID-19 Topics: Insolvency – Rights when a contract is disclaimed; COVID-19 Topics: Employment law

November 26, 2021

Number of participants:  3

Manitoba Crown/Defence Conference – Hosted by Committee of Crown and Defence Counsel 

Recent Legislative Changes; Ethical Issues: Disclosure Obligations; Post-Covid Practices; The Exercise of Crown Discretion; Recent Criminal Cases at the Manitoba Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada

December 1, 2021

Number of participants: 5

Court-based Learn at Lunch Program (ONLINE)

Number of Participants: 30

Overview: The Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba presents a series of Learn at Lunch sessions for all judges of the Court. The Learn at Lunch Program is designed to bring in guest speakers to deliver presentations on a variety of topics. The objective of these training sessions is to give judges an opportunity to develop a better understanding of a specific topic, and to learn about relevant social context issues and developments in the law.

The topics for the Learn at Lunch sessions between April 2021 – December 2021 included the following:

• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Law (Prof. Brenda Gunn);
• Jurisdiction — What are our limits? Where does the jurisdiction of the Tax Court of Canada begin? 
• Some Current Issues in Civil Litigation, including Summary Judgment