RIGHT TO TRIAL IN A REASONABLE TIME – A NEW FRAMEWORK

Over the last 30 years the way to determine whether a case has taken too long to be tried has been subject to a complex process of detailed analysis and balancing of factors and interests that it has become almost useless. Today the SCC has established a “new framework” that sets presumptive limits of 18 months in the lower court and 30 months in the Superior Court. Now we’ll spend years litigating how this works out.

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