Municipal Law

General Counsel to Municipalities / Insurance Claim Defense / Drafting By-Laws / Development Applications / Municipal Board Hearings

Our team is equipped to assist you in all aspects of municipal law. We work with firms and individuals in their dealings with municipal authorities, as well as act as general counsel for municipalities.

Some of our specific services include:

• General Counsel to Municipalities - We act as counsel to municipalities, providing general advice in all areas of municipal legal issues.
• Insurance Claims - We have a wealth of experience in defending liability claims and other claims against municipalities.
• Drafting By-Laws - We have worked with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities and their liability insurers to prepare standardized by-laws and related forms for use and adoption by municipalities. We also draft by-laws for individual municipalities suited to their specific needs.
• Development Applications - We act on behalf of various firms and individuals in filing, processing, and advocating various forms of development-related applications, including licensing, zoning, subdivisions, permitting, and related matters.
• Hearings - We have appeared before the Municipal Board, the Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour with respect to Building Permit issues, and other municipal tribunals. We have also handled by-law prosecutions.

Our team is made up of lawyers from our Litigation, Administrative, Corporate and Commercial, Environmental and Insurance Law groups, ensuring we are able to offer our clients the expertise to address all areas of the law affecting municipalities.

our lawyers

• Blake, Stuart J.
• Bowley, Bernice R.
• Eva, E. Beth
• Fletcher, Anthony C. (Tony)
• Giles, Dean G.
• McDonald, Robert D.
• McNicol, Curran P.
• Newman, Mark
• Peters, Glen R.
• Rutherford, Mauri M.
• Simpson, Robert A.
• Skwark, David M.