A scan of the docket for the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, General Division reveals that the Provincial Court Judges are having another whack at the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador over their ongoing and unresolved pay dispute. Those who suffered through the tale of tardy judges will note
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Rumpole and the Big Smoke #nlpoli
Here’s the official summary of a judge’s decision in a recent arson case: Accused was charged with arson. The Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fire was deliberately set and, if it was, that it was the accused who did it. The accused was acquitted. Failed
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You likely won’t hear much mention of this provincial first but in the midst of the hoopla over Muskrat Falls on Wednesday, the justice minister announced a first for Provincial Court: a husband and wife will sit as judges at the same time. Former director of public prosecutions Pamela Goulding,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Rumpole and the New Math
The voice rasped down the phone line even before the receiver hit my ear. “On the Upper Path these days,” the familiar voice solemnly declared, “four plus four is five and a half.” “What?” your humble e-scribbler asked, figuring this must be the latest bit of gossip on the illegal
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Local barrister Averill Baker is threatening to sue the Crown prosecutors for persecution based on their recent application to have her tossed off a case for being in a conflict of interest. The nature of the conflict of interest is complicated. …
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The Mighty Ceeb is at it again with another story that distorts the information they started with. “Severe crime soaring in N.L.” scrams the website headline. The second paragraph: Statistics Canada reported that while reports of crime across …
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St. John’s lawyer Averill Baker is pissed that the Crown prosecutor is trying to remove her from a case because she represented the victim in the savage beating her current client is accused of visiting on his head. He’s facing a second degree mu…
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