Winnipeg Dean Giles deangiles@FillmoreRiley.com Andrew Loewen andrewloewen@FillmoreRiley.com Website - fillmoreriley.com

With 647,000 square kilometres and a population of 1.3 million, Manitoba is a small and truly 'civil' jurisdiction. The bar of insurance litigation lawyers is small and collegial with resulting efficiencies. Much of litigation takes place in the capital city of Winnipeg which has a diverse population of 727,000. However, there are twelve other Judicial Centres located throughout Manitoba, including the north.

Manitoba is a common law jurisdiction and its Court of Queen's Bench Rules map out mandatory steps in the litigation process similar to those of the other common law.