THE CASE AGAINST THE PRESUMPTION OF IN PERSON COURT APPEARANCES – “Second, the costs savings of Zoom conferences are significant. No travel, no parking, no traffic. Court security line-ups, confrontations, and courthouse conflicts are all eliminated. There is no more sitting around for several hours or the entire day. Legal expenses each of the lawyers representing the parties are also significantly reduced.”

Sand slipping away
http://www.slaw.ca/2022/05/09/are-the-courts-slip-sliding-away/

The Brampton Courts have a very real problem managing their caseload within the allowed time frame. Like this case, tomorrow I will be arguing exactly the same issue in my case in Brampton.

The Brampton Courts have a very real problem managing their caseload within the allowed time frame. Like this case, tomorrow I will be arguing exactly the same issue in my case in Brampton.

https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/multi-million-dollar-ontario-hells-angels-court-case-could-collapse-because-of-delays-1.17714593

The Crown is seeking a sentence of 23 years. What do you think about that? Too much? For perspective, the sentence for first degree murder is 25 years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/brady-robertson-ciasullo-family-sentencing-submissions-brampton-1.6430242

For comparison:

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/cape-breton-man-says-16-year-sentence-not-enough-for-deaths-of-family-members-by-drunk-driver-100722020/

RETURN TO IN-PERSON HEARINGS A BAD IDEA – These same considerations apply to criminal law lawyers. I do not want to go back to sitting in court or in a hallway or in the lawyers’ lounge from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to have my 15 minutes in court. How do I justify charging my client for a day of counsel fee when I only worked 15 minutes? How do I survive in business if I only bill for those 15 minutes? Now that we have escaped that, I will not go back.

Ontario family lawyers to return to courtrooms beginning in April: Superior Court
https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/family/ontario-family-lawyers-to-return-to-courtrooms-beginning-in-april-superior-court/365288?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20220426&utm_campaign=LTW-Family%20Law-20220426&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D

THE AMALGAMATED TORONTO COURTHOUSE – All of the criminal courts in Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke, 311 Jarvis, College Park and Old City Hall will all be funneled into one central courthouse in downtown Toronto. It seems to be universally (except for the Government) panned as a bad idea.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-toronto-courthouse-1.6426731?fbclid=IwAR19-OFfs9pWzltYJ_0qctvqI9KVAHk9Qdb5EY9VUec-BCgdeUlOJXKsh0o

MISLEADING SENSATIONALISM – People will take what serves their purposes from a judgment. Like a catchy headline evoking an emotional response at the expense of understanding the logic of laws that protects us all from abuses of power. The headline, a “Charter technicality” flies in the face of the findings of Justice Prutschi. “Even without any malice or bad faith on the part of police, the breach was more than a mere technical error, he continued. “The result is the complete denial of true right to counsel. This is a serious violation favouring exclusion of evidence.”

impaired Drunk man driving a car on the road holding bottle beer Dangerous drunk driving concept

https://driving.ca/auto-news/crashes/charter-technicality-frees-impaired-ontario-driver-with-child-in-car