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Province’s family court system ‘broken’

OTTAWA - Family Court, lawyers dismayed to learn that the government and opposition MPs have called recently a bill by the House of Commons, touches the heart of Justice - the courts. "What is of more fundamental importance to our system, our democracy, such as access to justice? Without such a system, we really anarchy, "says Alfred Mamo. You say that the new government, with the eyes of the opposition, has no interest in a confrontation with a "crisis", the Family Courts in hand, especially in Ontario. But Liberal Senator George Baker tells Law Times, the Senate, the bill deserves

Plan to Improve Courts Includes Separating Domestic Violence Cases

At the end of a year scarred by complaints over the criminal justice system's handling of domestic violence cases, New York State's top judge announced yesterday that in 1997, each borough will have special courts with handpicked, trained judges to oversee such cases. The announcement by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye was among a wide-ranging set of moves that she plans in response to the changing caseloads that now crowd court dockets and prisons. Just as they have across the country, felony cases have declined in New York, particularly in New York City, and so have the number of trials.

Judicial power, size of juries could be system cures

OTTAWA - High-level discussions are underway to determine the size of juries, financial incentives for the benefit of lawyers, legal assistance fund effectively and empower judges, stoves assemble on the Lawyers in court, one of Law at the University of Ottawa conference was told yesterday. This would help, moves from a repair of the criminal justice system was paralysed by tactical and moral irresponsibility endless tests, "said Jura University of Toronto professor Michael Code, a specialist in criminal law. Prof. code is preparing a report on the problem of megatrials Ontario Attorney-General Chris Bentley. He said that the rigorous deadlines

Profile: Lady Justice Hale

Currently an appeal judge, Lady Justice Hale, 58, has attracted newspaper headlines over the years with her outspoken remarks about the male-dominated judiciary. In an interview in September, she said she had been "deeply affronted" by the way judges' official lodgings are run like gentlemen's clubs, where ladies are expected to retire after dinner to leave the men to talk. On at least one occasion, she said, she had refused to leave the dining room. And in 2001, Lady Justice Hale launched an attack on the wearing of legal wigs, saying they "deny women their femininity" and "humanise all of

Ywatta ‘Nessy’ Mitchell mounts second campaign

MARTINSBURG Two-time can be an irritant for Ywatta "Nessy" Mitchell, the assembly is their second campaign to elect a Berkeley County magistrate. After a successful run in 2004, Mitchell, a Democrat who - said she is optimistic about its chances this year. "I feel really good in this second campaign, and I think I recognize some names," explains Mitchell, the first in the Eastern Panhandle, as a small child and the Berkeley County home for 17 years. "Furthermore, I believe I have a good work ethic and interpersonal skills required to work effectively with the participants in the judicial process,