Getting served with court papers can feel like a punch in the gut. Whether it's a process server at your door, or an envelope dropped off at your place of business, it's natural to feel overwhelmed.

Employment terminations can create significant liabilities to an employer. In some cases, these liabilities come as a complete surprise to the employer, because the employer failed to identify and assess the ...

Investment in the limited partnership was marketed as a means to flow through tax losses to the investors.

Receiving a demand letter from a lawyer representing a former employee is never ideal — but it's also not unusual. These letters typically allege wrongful dismissal,

Richard Schick worked for the University of New Brunswick as head coach of its women's volleyball team under a three-year fixed term contract set to expire as of May 2, 2024.

As reported recently in the news, CUPE Manitoba's President was removed from his position after he was arrested for an alleged sexual assault. This situation provides an opportunity

Manitoba's Worker Recruitment and Protection Act (WRAPA) contains strong protections for foreign workers.

One of the most important cases to come out of 2023 in Canada examined a rarely litigated provision of Canada's Trademarks Act (the "Act"): section 22. In Energizer Brands...

The Montreal Convention is a treaty that was adopted in 1999 by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and governs the liability of airlines for international carriage...

If there is a union in your workplace, you likely have been involved in collective bargaining in some capacity. Even where human resource managers are not directly at the bargaining table...

If you have ever read a Will or taken an estate planning class, you might have encountered familiar words being used in unusual ways (such as property being given to a person's "issue")...

A "Last Will and Testament" or "Will" is a written document that sets out who you want to administer your estate, and the people (or organizations) that you want to receive your property after you die.

The Manitoba government has released draft regulations that would, for the first time, introduce a formal enforcement and penalty regime under The Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA).

It is a basic tenant of any justice system not based purely (or perhaps more appropriately, impurely) on coercion, that the public accept the decisions flowing therefrom as being just.

The National Family Law Arbitration Course, which will run over six days in February and March, will introduce participants to the skills, processes and procedures needed for the arbitration of...

How to respond to employee's pronouns and chosen names is both a practical and legal issue facing employers. In this article, we explore the importance of correct pronoun and name usage in the workplace...

The pandemic has changed the workplace landscape not only in Canada, but across the world as employers addressed COVID-19 with measures such as social/physical distancing...

In its recent decision of Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz, 2022 SCC 29, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the issue of whether lengthy disciplinary proceedings against a Saskatchewan lawyer...

My home of Winnipeg once proudly touted itself as the "Chicago of the North" based on its rapid growth and emergence as a city with a promising future.

The Manitoba Human Rights Commission (the "MHRC") enforces and administers Manitoba's Human Rights Code (the "Code").