By Eric Epp It is clear there are not enough lawyers practicing in rural and remote Manitoba. The attraction and retention of lawyers in rural and remote communities is increasingly becoming a deep issue of accessibility to justice. The majority of Manitobans, around 60%, reside in or around Winnipeg. Manitoba’s legal profession is not reflective […]
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Written by Gerard Kennedy Effective January 1, 2018, many amendments were made to the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Rules (the “QB Rules”), designed to resolve cases more proportionately, and thus more in accordance with access to justice. One of these, Rule 2.04 of the QB Rules, has rarely been used. But after the Manitoba Court of Appeal
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Written by Gerard Kennedy Legislatures frequently seek to prevent meritless litigation from consuming court time. But how far can they go without restricting access to the courts, with such access to the courts being, at least to come extent, a constitutional right. A recent case out of Ontario analyzed the constitutionality of one gatekeeping initiative
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Written by Gerard Kennedy Limitations periods are a double-edged sword from an access to justice perspective. On the one hand, they encourage: At the same time, limitations periods, at some level, suggest that there are occasions when it is too late to “do the right thing”. As such, complicated law has arisen, to account for
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