C.C.S.M. c. L107
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| PART 1
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| DEFINITIONS
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| Definitions
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| PART 2
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| THE LAW SOCIETY
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| STATUS AND PURPOSE
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| 2(1)
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| (2)
| Powers
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| (3)
| Corporations Act does not apply
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| 3(1)
| Purpose
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| (2)
| Duties
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| GOVERNING BODY
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| 4(1)
| Governing body continued
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| (2)
| Benchers' mandate and powers
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| (3)
| Benchers may act by resolution
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| (4)
| Benchers may act despite vacancies
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| (5)
| General power to make rules
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| (6)
| Rules are binding
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| Membership of governing body
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| 6(1)
| Rules re election of benchers
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| (2)
| What the rules must provide
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| (3)
| What the rules may provide
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| 7(1)
| Appointed benchers
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| (2)
| Rules re appointed benchers
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| Term of office
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| 9(1)
| Life benchers
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| (2)
| Part year counts as a year
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| Honorary benchers
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| OFFICERS
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| 11(1)
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| (2)
| Substitutes
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| 12(1)
| Chief executive officer
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| (2)
| Powers and duties
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| (3)
| Delegation
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| Other officers
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| MEETINGS
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| Meetings of benchers
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| 15(1)
| Meetings of members
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| (2)
| Annual report
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| (3)
| Rules about membership meetings
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| COMMITTEES
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| 16(1)
| Benchers may establish committees
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| (2)
| Rules re committees
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| MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
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| 17(1)
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| (2)
| Qualification for membership
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| (3)
| Ceasing to be a member
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| (4)
| Members may not resign
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| (5)
| Rules about membership and authority to practise
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| 18(1)
| Membership records
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| (2)
| Rules re membership records and other books
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| MEMBERSHIP FEES AND ASSESSMENTS
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| 19(1)
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| (2)
| Annual fees for practising lawyers
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| (3)
| Exemption re contribution to claims fund
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| (4)
| Setting fees and assessments
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| (5)
| Rules re fees and assessments
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| PART 3
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| AUTHORITY TO PRACTISE LAW
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| GENERAL
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| 20(1)
| Authority to practise law
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| (2)
| Unauthorized practice of law
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| (3)
| Activities deemed to be carrying on the practice of law
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| (4)
| Exceptions
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| Practice by students
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| INTERJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE
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| Interjurisdictional law firms
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| Members practising outside Manitoba
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| LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
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| 25(1)
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| (2)
| Rules re limited liability partnerships
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| ENFORCEMENT
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| Employment or engagement of former or suspended member
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| False representation
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| 28(1)
| Offence
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| (2)
| Offence by corporation
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| (3)
| Penalty
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| (4)
| Fine payable to minister
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| (5)
| Prosecution by society or others
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| (6)
| Recovery of fine
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| 29(1)
| Society may apply for injunction
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| (2)
| Court may grant injunction
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| PART 4
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| LAW CORPORATIONS
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| Definitions
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| 31(1)
| Authority of law corporation to practise law
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| (2)
| How law corporation may practise
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| 32(1)
| Corporate permit
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| (2)
| Refusal to issue permit
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| 33(1)
| Business without permit prohibited
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| (2)
| Valid permit
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| (3)
| Restriction on business of law corporation
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| (4)
| Validity of corporate act
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| 34(1)
| Voting agreements void
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| (2)
| Unanimous shareholders' agreements void
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| 35(1)
| Application of Act and rules
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| (2)
| Obligations to clients not diminished
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| 36(1)
| Liability of members
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| (2)
| Liability of voting shareholders
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| 37(1)
| Grounds for suspension or revocation of permit
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| (2)
| Limitation
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| References in other Acts, regulations, etc.
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| 39
| Rules re law corporations
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| PART 5
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| REPRESENTATION IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC MATTERS
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| 40(1)
| Authority to act as agent or provide advice
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| (2)
| Limitation
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| (3)
| Justice may bar agent
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| Privileged communication
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| Regulations
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| PART 6
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| PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC
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| DIVISION 1
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| PRACTICE STANDARDS AND LAWYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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| Practice standards
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| 44
| Programs to assist lawyers
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| DIVISION 2
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| PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CLAIMS FUND
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| 45(1)
| "Professional liability claim" defined
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| (2)
| Professional liability claims fund continued
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| (3)
| Purpose of claims fund
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| (4)
| Property of claims fund
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| (5)
| Professional liability insurance
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| (6)
| Payments out of claims fund
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| (7)
| Rules re claims fund
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| DIVISION 3
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| REIMBURSEMENT FUND
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| 46(1)
| Reimbursement fund continued
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| (2)
| Purpose of reimbursement fund
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| (3)
| Property of reimbursement fund
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| 47(1)
| When loss may be compensated
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| (2)
| Reimbursement is discretionary
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| (3)
| Recovery of compensation
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| (4)
| Application of money recovered
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| (5)
| Rules re reimbursement fund
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| 48(1)
| Interjurisdictional reimbursement program
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| (2)
| Funding interjurisdictional program or losses
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| DIVISION 4
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| FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
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| 49(1)
| Rules re financial responsibility
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| (2)
| Trustee Act
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| 50(1)
| Interest on trust deposits
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| (2)
| Interest to foundation
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| (3)
| Not required to account for interest
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| (4)
| Client-directed investment
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| 51(1)
| Unclaimed trust money
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| (2)
| Liability for trust money extinguished
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| (3)
| Trust property
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| (4)
| Payment to claimant
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| (5)
| Appeal to Court of Queen's Bench
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| (6)
| Property held for 10 years
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| DIVISION 5
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| LAWYERS' FEES
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| Court's power to tax or revise costs
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| Client may apply for assessment
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| 54(1)
| Rules re interest
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| (2)
| Change of interest on taxation
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| 55(1)
| Meaning of "contingency contract"
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| (2)
| No requirement for action
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| (3)
| Requirements on making contingency contract
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| (4)
| Failure to comply
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| (5)
| Application for declaration that contract unfair
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| (6)
| Manner of giving evidence
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| (7)
| Declaration voiding contract
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| DIVISION 6
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| CUSTODIANSHIP
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| Definitions
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| 57(1)
| Court order appointing custodian
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| (2)
| Criteria for making the order
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| (3)
| Authority to enter and seize
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| (4)
| Additional orders
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| (5)
| Notice of application
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| (6)
| Service of court order
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| (7)
| Responsibility of person served
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| Custodian to give notice of property held
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| 59(1)
| Claiming a solicitor's lien
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| (2)
| Custodian to give notice of claim
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| (3)
| Custodian may override lien
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| No liability
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| Court costs
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| Recovery of expenses by society
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| DIVISION 7
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| COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINE GENERALLY
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| 63
| Definitions
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| 64(1)
| Disciplinary jurisdiction
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| (2)
| Member disciplined in foreign jurisdiction
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| Contravention of Act or rules
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| DIVISION 8
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| COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS
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| Complaints investigations
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| Right to obtain information
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| Committee may suspend or impose conditions
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| 69(1)
| Confidentiality of complaints and proceedings
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| (2)
| Permitted disclosure
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| DIVISION 9
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| DISCIPLINE PROCEEDINGS
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| Discipline committee
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| 71(1)
| Provisions applicable to hearings
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| (2)
| Failure of witness to attend or give evidence
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| 72(1)
| Consequences of professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming
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| (2)
| Consequences of incompetence
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| (3)
| Order of fine or costs may be filed as court order
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| 73(1)
| Additional consequences: interjurisdictional law firm
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| (2)
| Contravention of rules by interjurisdictional law firm
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| (3)
| Failure to pay fine
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| Extraprovincial misconduct
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| DIVISION 10
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| APPEALS
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| 75(1)
| Appeal of interim suspension
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| (2)
| Time limit for appeal
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| (3)
| Further appeal
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| 76(1)
| Appeal to Court of Appeal
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| (2)
| Appeal by society to Court of Appeal
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| (3)
| Time limit for appeal
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| DIVISION 11
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| CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE
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| Solicitor-client privilege applies
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| 78(1)
| Exclusion of members of public
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| (2)
| How and when order can be made
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| 79(1)
| No publication before conviction
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| (2)
| Liability of directors, officers and employees
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| (3)
| Society may permit publication before conviction
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| Publication after conviction
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| 81(1)
| Exclusion of public to preserve privilege
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| (2)
| Disclosure of information in judgment
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| 82(1)
| Rules to preserve privilege
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| (2)
| Privileged records not to be produced
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| DIVISION 12
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| EXTENSION OF APPLICATION
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| 83(1)
| Application of Divisions extended
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| (2)
| Application of rules extended
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| PART 7
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| GENERAL
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| 84(1)
| Order of precedence
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| (2)
| Existing appointments
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| Service and receipt of documents
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| No liability
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| PART 8
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| THE MANITOBA LAW FOUNDATION
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| Manitoba Law Foundation continued
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| Purpose of foundation
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| 89(1)
| Powers of foundation
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| (2)
| Employment of staff
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| 90(1)
| Legal Aid and Law Society grants
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| (2)
| Pro rata amounts
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| (3)
| Reports from Legal Aid and Law Society
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| (4)
| Discretionary grants
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| (5)
| "Fiscal year" defined
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| Board of directors
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| Powers of board
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| 93(1)
| Term of office
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| (2)
| Appointment of successors
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| Disqualification of director
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| Vacancies
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| Remuneration
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| Chairperson
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| Meetings
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| Quorum
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| Conflict of interest
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| 101(1)
| Annual audit and report
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| (2)
| Tabling in Legislative Assembly
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| 102
| No liability
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| 103
| Corporations Act does not apply
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| PART 9
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| TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND COMING INTO FORCE
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| 104(1)
| Transitional: holding office
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| (2)
| Transitional: proceedings
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| (3)
| Transitional rules
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| 105 to 107
| to a complaint, investigation or proceeding referred to in subsection (2).
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| Repeal
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| 109
| C.C.S.M. reference
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| 110(1)
| Coming into force
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| (2)
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