William Gange

Bill is a Life Bencher of The Law Society of Manitoba, having served as a bencher from 2002 to 2010. He served on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association from 2004 until 2015. He was a sessional lecturer in Civil Procedure at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, during the period 2010 to 2012. He has been a presenter at seminars sponsored by the Continuing Legal Education Division of The Law Society of Manitoba. Topics include “Dealing with Self-represented Litigants”, “Punitive and Exemplary Damages: Recent Developments”, “Limitation of Actions: Reconciling the Case Law”, “Effective Pre-trial Practice” and “Civil Motions Court Practice”. He regularly presents seminars for the Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba on the legal duties of insurance brokers. He has presented seminars on legal liabilities to various organizations. Bill has been a regular contributor to the CPLED course in Manitoba. He has served on the organizing committee of the Canadian Bar Convention and the Pitblado Lectures.

Bill has also been active in the community in volunteer roles. He served on the Board of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra during the period 1993 to 2003 and was Board President from 1997 to 2000. He served on the Board of CARFAC, a visual arts organization. He has been on the Lawyers Assistance Committee, has served as a baseball coach for his local community club and was a classroom volunteer for Wolseley School while his sons were students.

Cases of Note:

• Granville Savings v. Slevin, Supreme Court of Canada
• Burke v. Heaton, Manitoba Court of Appeal
• Imperial Oil v. Westlake, Manitoba Court of Appeal
• Winnipeg Livestock v. Plewman, Manitoba Court of Appeal
• R. Litz & Sons v. Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench