Author: Desautels Blog
A Meeting with ICC Judge Kimberly Prost
By Jayden Kyryluk, B.A. and J.D. Candidate (2026) On October 21, 2025, I took a short train ride from Nijmegen to The Hague. A ninety-minute train ride across the Netherlands […]
Competition Teaches Robson Hall Students Vital Negotiation Skills
By Bruce Curran, Organizer of Competition, and Desautels Jurist: Workplace Law and Negotiation Sixteen teams of Robson Hall students competed in the twentieth annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition on the […]
Fighting Fire with Technology
By Jayden Kyryluk, 2026 JD Candidate, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law With our once blue skies now hued with smoke grey, one need only look up to grasp the […]
Manitoba’s Privacy Landscape: From Theory and Technology to the Law
Written by Jayden Kyryluk, B.A., JD Candidate 2026 Privacy matters to everyone. Regardless of one’s economic or personal circumstances, people place significant value on their right to privacy. But what […]
Crypto in the North: Should Manitoba Reopen Its Doors to Cryptocurrency Mining?
Written by Jayden Kyryluk, B.A., JD Candidate 2026 On April 15, 2024, the Manitoba government instructed Manitoba Hydro to maintain its moratorium on new or pending cryptocurrency (“crypto”) mining operations, […]
Fitness Centres and Force Majeure Clauses
Written by Kaeten Wadwa Introduction In Niagara Falls Shopping Centre Inc. v. LAF Canada Company, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the application of a force majeure clausein a commercial […]
Third Annual Art Braid Business Law Case Competition: Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence in Business Law
Written by Law Student Kaeten Wadwa Photos by Law Student Katie McKenzie Edwin Arthur Braid, Q.C. (1934 – 2020), also known as ‘Art’, was a beloved former Dean and Professor at […]
Desautels Centre Generously Sponsors Canadian National Negotiation Competition
March 15, 2025 — Nine years ago, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law hosted the inaugural national negotiation competition at Robson Hall, which has been run annually since then. The […]
The Contention between Unilateralism and Multilateralism in International Taxation
Written by Opeyemi Bello The proliferation of the Digital Services Tax (DST) continues to spark the debate over whether unilateralism or multilateralism more effectively addresses the tax challenges posed by […]
Understanding the Accessible Canada Act: What Business Leaders Need to Know*
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) represents a cornerstone of accessibility law in Canada. For businesses operating within federal jurisdiction—such as banks, airports, Crown corporations, or postal services—it is crucial to understand the […]