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The following are the most recent reports published by the Commission since May 1997. Also included are the Executive Summaries of these Reports in both French and English. The full reports have not been translated into French.
Private Title Insurance
A Joint Project Between the Manitoba Law Reform Commission and the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan
(Report #114, April, 2007) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Development Schemes
(Report #113, June, 2006) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Review of The Garnishment Act
(Report #112, March, 2006) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Costs Awards in Civil Litigation
(Report #111, September, 2005) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Substitute Consent to Health Care
(Report #110, October 2004) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Withholding or Withdrawing Life Sustaining Medical Treatment
(Report #109, December 2003) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary:
English French |
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Wills and Succession Legislation
(Report #108, March 2003) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Good Faith and the Individual Contract of Employment
(Report #107, December 2001) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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The Legislative Assembly and Conflict of Interest
(Report #106, December 2000) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Assessment of Damages under The Fatal Accidents Act for the Loss of Guidance, Care and Companionship
(Report #105, October 2000) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Compensation of Vaccine-Damaged Children
(Report #104, June, 2000) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Adult Protection and Elder Abuse
(Report #103, December 1999) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Informal Assessment of Competence
(Report #102, September 1999) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Trustee Investments: The Modern Portfolio Theory
(Report #101, June 1999) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Class Proceedings
(Report #100, January 1999) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Review of the Small Claims Court
(Report #99, March 1998) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
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Stalking
(Report #98, May 1997) |
| Full Report (Acrobat PDF format) |
Executive Summary : English
French |
Summaries of earlier Reports are not available on this site. Some of the issues dealt with by Commission reports in the past include, among others:
Family law: equal sharing of marital property; modernization of laws protecting rights of surviving spouses; stalking
Judicial reform: more accountable methods of appointing and disciplining provincial judges and justices of the peace and magistrates; amalgamation of courts;
Health care: legal effect given to health care directives (living wills); modernization of laws relating to organ transplants;
Wills and estates: courts allowed to overlook errors in execution formalities of wills; modernization of laws protecting dependants of deceased persons; naming beneficiaries in RRSPs made legally valid;
Commercial law: abolition of outdated and ineffective laws respecting sales of businesses; payment of wages.
Property law: abolition of ancient and outdated common law rules respecting real property conveyancing;
Administrative law: devising fairer procedures to be followed by administrative agencies of government; regulating professions and occupations
Access to justice: simpler procedures for handling small claims in court; awarding of interest on successful court claims; periodic payment of damages for personal injury and death;
Tort law: modernization of occupiers' liability rules; abolition of outdated limits on liability of innkeepers serving intoxicated people; abolition of outdated law suits; tort liability for animals
Trusts: ethical investment criteria by trustees permitted; more modern investment rules for trusts.
A complete list of the Commission's Reports and their implementation since its establishment in 1970 can be found in an Appendix to our Annual Reports which are published at the end of each fiscal year.
Manitoba Law Reform Commission annual reports are in Acrobat PDF format.
