Monday, July 8, 2013

Judge calls on colleagues to embrace trials

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201307083324/headline-news/judge-calls-on-colleagues-to-embrace-trials#

“Are judges becoming indifferent to the task of attempting to control the civil justice system?” wrote Superior Court Justice David Brown in York University v. Michael Markicevic on June 25. “Here we are moving closer to the present day reality on the ground. One cannot overstate the oppressive effect on judicial morale of the endless waves of cases which seem to be going nowhere in a civil justice system that is sinking. Why try to be creative when the system, with a life of its own, grinds relentlessly on and downward?”

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Legal aid out of reach