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The following are various Reports issued by the Commission in 2019 and prior years.

Reports (1970-2019)

2019
The Beneficiary Designation Act
(Retirement, Savings and Other Plans):

Report #138 September 2019
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
The Expropriation Act of Manitoba:
Report #137 June 2019
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2018
The Builders’ Liens Act of Manitoba: A Modernized Approach:
Report #136 November 2018
Full Report | Key Messages
Executive Summary: English | Français
Updating the Administration of Small Estates in Manitoba:
Report #135 March 2018
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2017
Improving the Small Claims System in Manitoba:
Report #134 February 2017
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
Substitute Powers of Attorney:
Report #133 February 2017
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2016
Modernizing the Municipal Council Conflict of Interest Act: Accountability, Enforcement & Oversight:
Report #132 January 2016
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2015
Improving Manitoba’s Presumption of Death Act:
Report #131 October 2015, Released November 2015
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
Manitoba’s Environmental Assessment and Licensing Regime Under The Environment Act:
Report #130 November 2012, released May 29, 2015
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
Reporting Under Section 157 of The Highway Traffic Act:
Report #129 May 2015, released March 5, 2015
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2013
Contributory Fault: The Tortfeasors and Contributory Negligence Act:
Report #128 September 2013, released December 13, 2013
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
Commercial Tenancies: Section 17 of The Landlord and Tenant Act and Section 93 of The Real Property Act:
Report #127 February 2013, released March 28, 2013
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
The Nuisance Act and The Farm Practices Protection Act: Report #126 February 2013, released March 28, 2013
Full Report
Executive Summary: English | Français
2011
Limitations of Actions in Conversion and Detinue:
Report #125 November 2011
Full Report
The Stable Keepers Act:
Report #124 August 2011
Full Report
2010
Limitations:
Report #123 July 2010
Full Report
The Parol Evidence Rule:
Report #122 May 2010
Full Report
2009
Improving Administrative Justice in Manitoba: Starting with the Appointments Process:
Report #121, November 2009
Full Report
Waivers of Liability for Sporting and Recreational Injuries:
Report #120, January 2009
Full Report
Private International Law Report:
Report #119, January 2009
Full Report
2008
Posthumously Conceived Children:
Report #118, November 2008
Full Report
Enduring Powers of Attorney: Supplementary Report
Report #117, September 2008
Full Report
Franchise Law:
Report #116, May 2008
Full Report
Mandatory Arbitration:
Report #115, April 2008
Full Report
Enduring Powers of Attorney: A Project of the Western Canada Law Reform Agencies:
July 2008
Full Report
2006
Private Title Insurance: A Joint Project Between the Manitoba Law Reform Commission and the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan:
Report #114, December 2006
Full Report
Development Schemes:
Report #113, June 2006
Full Report
2005
Review of The Garnishment Act:
Report #112, December 2005
Full Report
Costs Awards in Civil Litigation:
Report #111, September 2005
Full Report
2004
Substitute Consent to Health Care:
Report #110, October 2004
Full Report
2003
Withholding or Withdrawing Life Sustaining Medical Treatment:
Report #109, December 2003
Full Report
Wills and Succession Legislation:
Report #108, March 2003
Full Report
2001
Good Faith and the Individual Contract of Employment:
Report #107, December 2001
Full Report
2000
The Legislative Assembly and Conflict of Interest:
Report #106, December 2000
Full Report
Assessment of Damages under The Fatal Accidents Act for the Loss of Guidance, Care and Companionship:
Report #105, October 2000
Full Report
Compensation of Vaccine-Damaged Children:
Report #104, June 2000
Full Report
1999
Adult Protection and Elder Abuse:
Report #103, December 1999
Full Report
Informal Assessment of Competence:
Report #102, September 1999
Full Report
Trustee Investments: The Modern Portfolio Theory:
Report #101, June 1999
Full Report
Class Proceedings:
Report #100, January 1999
Full Report
1998
Review of the Small Claims Court:
Report #99, March 1998
Full Report
1997
Stalking:
Report #98, May 1997
Full Report
Section 270 of The Highway Traffic Act:
Report #97, March 1997
Full Report
1996
Special Constables:
Report #96, November 1996
Full Report
Commercial Tenancies: Miscellaneous Issues:
Report #95, July 1996
Full Report
Confidentiality of Mediation Proceedings:
Report #94, April 1996
Full Report
Animal Protection:
Report #93, February 1996
Full Report
Fundamental Breach and Frustration in Commercial Tenancies:
Report #92, January 1996
Full Report
1995
Minors' Consent to Health Care:
Report #91, December 1995
Full Report
Residential Exemptions from Judgment Execution:
Report # 90, October 1995
Full Report
The Trust Provisions in The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act:
Report #89, September 1995
Full Report
Reselling Unused Cemetery Plots:
Report #88, September 1995
Full Report
Interim Payment of Damages:
Report #87, June 1995
Full Report
Covenants in Commercial Tenancies:
Report #86, March 1995
Full Report
1994
Arbitration:
Report #85, November 1994
Full Report
Regulating Professions and Occupations:
Report #84, October 1994
Full Report
Enduring and Springing Powers of Attorney:
Report #83, March 1994
Full Report
Pre-contractual Misstatements:
Report #82, March 1994
Full Report
Distress for Rent in Commercial Tenancies:
Report #81, January 1994
Full Report
1993
Privity of Contract:
Report #80, October 1993
Full Report
Ethical Investments by Trustees:
Report #79, January 1993
Full Report
1992
Tort Liability for Animals:
Report #78, November 1992
Full Report
Non-charitable Purpose Trusts:
Report #77, September 1992
Full Report
Sterilization and Legal Incompetence:
Report #76, January 1992
Full Report
1991
The Independence of Justices of the Peace and Magistrates:
Report #75, August 1991
Full Report
Self-Determination in Health Care : Living Wills and Health Care Proxies:
Report #74, June 1991
Full Report
1990
Statutory Designations and The Retirement Plan Beneficiaries Act:
Report #73, October 1990
Full Report
1989
The Independence of Provincial Judges:
Report #72, June 1989
Full Report
1988
The Bulk Sales Act:
Report #71, December 1988
Full Report
The Manitoba Law Reform Commission: A Framework for the Future:
Report #70, November 1988
Full Report
1987
Administrative Law, Part II: Judicial Review of Administrative Action:
Report #69, March 1987
Full Report
Periodic Payment of Damages:
Report #68, March 1987
Full Report
1986
Sections 33 and 34 of The Wills Act:
Report #67, June 1986
Full Report
The Human Tissue Act:
Report #66, March 1986
Full Report
Section 83 of The Queen's Bench Act:
Report #65, March 1986
Full Report
1985
The Married Women's Property Act and Related Matters:
Report #64, December 1985
Full Report
The Testators Family Maintenance Act:
Report #63, December 1985
Full Report
Small Projects: Report #62, October 1985
1. Section 6 of The Mercantile Law Amendment Act
2. The Rule in Shelley's Case
3. Permissive and Equitable Waste
Full Report
Intestate Succession:
Report #61, March 1985
Full Report
1984
An Examination of The Dower Act:
Report #60, November 1984
Full Report
Breach of Promise to Marry:
Report #59, October 1984
Full Report
Administrative Law, Part I: Procedures of Provincial Government Agencies:
Report #58, June 1984
Full Report
1983
Uniform Sale of Goods Act:
Report #57, November 1983
Full Report
Medical Privilege:
Report #56, October 1983
Full Report
Structure of the Courts, Part II: The Adjudication of Smaller Claims:
Report #55, March 1983
Full Report
Certificates of Lis Pendens:
Report #54, February 1983
Full Report
1982
The Law of Domicile:
Report #53, December 1982
Full Report
Structure of the Courts, Part I: Amalgamation of the Court of Queen's Bench and the County Courts of Manitoba:
Report #52, October 1982
Full Report
The Survivorship Act:
Report #51, September 1982
Full Report
Investment Provisions under The Trustee Act:
Report #50, February 1982
Full Report
The Rules Against Accumulations and Perpetuities:
Report #49, February 1982
Full Report
Prescriptive Easements and Profits-à-Prendre:
Report #48, January 1982
Full Report
Prejudgment Compensation on Money Awards: Alternatives to Interest:
Report #47, January 1982
Full Report
1981
Conflict of Interest of Municipal Councillors:
Report #46, April 1981
Full Report
1980
Simplified Mortgage:
Report #45, December 1980
Full Report
The General Register:
Report #44, September 1980
Full Report
The Wills Act and the Doctrine of Substantial Compliance:
Report #43, September 1980
Full Report
Occupiers' Liability:
Report #42, August 1980
Full Report
The Statute of Frauds:
Report #41, August, 1980
Full Report
Enforcement of Judgments Part II: Exemptions under The Judgments Act:
Report #40, April 1980
Full Report
Controverted Elections:
Report #39, April 1980
Full Report
The One Year Rule for Enforcement of Arrears in Maintenance:
Report #38, January 1980
Full Report
1979
Systems of Voter Registration:
Report #37, November 1979
Full Report
Improved Methods of Enforcing Support Orders Against Real Property:
Report #36, November 1979
Full Report
Estate Claims for Loss of Expectation of Life:
Report #35, October 1979
Full Report
Enforcement of Judgments Part III: Exemptions under The Executions Act:
Report #34, October 1979
Full Report
Enforcement of Revenue Statutes:
Report #33, August 1979
Full Report
Mechanics' Liens Legislation:
Report #32, August 1979
Full Report
Political Financing and Election Expenses:
Report #31, August 1979
Full Report
Confidentiality of Adoption Records:
Report #30, February 1979
Full Report
Emergency Apprehension, Admissions and Rights of Patients under The Mental Health Act:
Report #29, February 1979
Full Report
Enforcement of Judgments Part I: Exemptions under The Garnishment Act:
Report #28, January 1979
Full Report
Limitation of Actions: Time Extensions for Children, Disabled Persons and Others:
Report #27, January 1979
Full Report
1976
Revision of Birth Certificates of Trans-sexual Persons:
Report #26, September 1976
Full Report
The Case for a Provincial Bill of Rights:
Report #25, May 1976
Full Report
Family Law - Part II Property Disposition:
Report #24, February 1976
Full Report
Family Law - Part I The Support Obligation:
Report #23, February 1976
Full Report
Some Aspects of Fire Insurance Legislation in Manitoba:
Report #22, February 1976
Full Report
The Administration of Justice in Manitoba Part III - Consolidation of Extra Provincial Judgment Enforcement:
Report #21, January 1976
Full Report
1975
The Highway Traffic Act:
Report #20, June 1975
Full Report
The Administration of Justice in Manitoba Part II - Review of The Jury System:
Report #19, February 1975
Full Report
The Rule in Saunders v. Vautier:
Report #18, January 1975
Full Report
1974
An International Form of Wills for Manitobans:
Report #17, May 1974
Full Report
Definition of Death:
Report #16, May 1974
Full Report
Administration of Justice Part I - Control of Post-arrest/pre-trial detention:
Report #15, February 1974
Full Report
Special Enduring Powers of Attorney:
Report #14, January 1974
Full Report
1973
Pre-licensing Education for Real Estate Agents in Manitoba:
Report #13, December 1973
Full Report
Section 110 of The Real Property Act - the immoral Manitoba mortgage:
Report #12, April 1973
Full Report
The Advisability of a Good Samaritan Law:
Report #11, March 1973
Full Report
1972
The Abolition of Interspousal Immunity in Tort:
Report #10, December 1972
Full Report
A Review of The Privacy Act with proposed Amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada:
Report #9, September 1972
Full Report
Section 45 of the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861:
Report #8, July 1972
Full Report
Powers of Entry, Search and Seizure in The City of Winnipeg Act:
Report #7, January 1972
Full Report
1971
Enactment of a Mineral Declaratory Act: Report #6, December 1971
(see report no. 1)
Recommended Right of Mortgagors to Obtain Annual Statements: Report #5, October 1971
(see report no. 1)
An Act Respecting Billiard and Pool Rooms proposed repeal: Report #4, October 1971
(see report no. 1)
Disposition of Maintenance Judgments in Land Titles Offices: Report #3, May 1971 (see report no. 1)
Summary Disposition of Builders' and Workmen's Liens: Report #2, April 1971
(see report no. 1)
Jury Services for Registered Indians:
Report #1, April 1971
Full Report

Manitoba Law Reform Commission
Annual Reports (2004-2019)

2018-2019 Annual Report
2017-2018 Annual Report
2016-2017 Annual Report
2015-2016 Annual Report
2014-2015 Annual Report
2013-2014 Annual Report
2012-2013 Annual Report
2011-2012 Annual Report
2010-2011 Annual Report
2009-2010 Annual Report
2008-2009 Annual Report
2007-2008 Annual Report
2006-2007 Annual Report
2005-2006 Annual Report
2004-2005 Annual Report

 

Consultation Papers (2005-2019)

Abandoned Accounts and Missing Money: Establishing a Process for Unclaimed Intangible Personal Property – October 2019
Reform of The Wills Act Revisited – September 2019
The Beneficiary Designation Act (Retirement, Savings and Other Plans) – April 2018
The Builders’ Liens Act: A Modernized Approach – February 2018
The Expropriation Act of Manitoba – January 2018
Updating the Administration of Small Estates – September 2017
Improving the Small Claims System in Manitoba – October 2016
Consultation Report on Substitute Powers of Attorney under The Powers of Attorney Act – August 2016
Improving Manitoba’s Presumption of Death Act – August 2015
Manitoba’s Environmental Assessment and Licensing Regime Under The Environment Act - January 2015
Report for Consultation - Reporting Under Section 157 of The Highway Traffic Act - September 2014
Discussion Paper on Manitoba’s Environmental Assessment and Licensing Regime - January 2014
Contributory Fault: The Tortfeasors and Contributory Negligence Act - April 2013
The Nuisance Act and the Farm Practices Protection Act - October 2012
The Limitation of Actions Act - June 2009
Franchise Law - May 2007
Private Title Insurance - June 2005