THINGS LAWYERS DO TO ANNOY JUDGES: EDITED HIGHLIGHTS
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with the judgment of Mr Justice Joseph W. Quinn in the case of The Hearing Clinic (Niagara Falls) -v- Ontario Ltd, 2014 ONAC 5831 where he was more than blunt in his…
WRITTEN ADVOCACY: CANDOUR & CONCISION ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE FROM CANADA
One of the advantages of writing a blog is that you can point out useful posts and articles. Anyone involved in legal argument benefit the guidance by John L Laskin J.A. in Forget the Wind-Up and Make the Pitch Some…
DEFECTIVE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS: ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE BENCH (USA STYLE)
I have written before about written advocacy and given examples of robust approaches from American judges. There is a site devoted to good legal writing. It gives an example of a judge who pulls no punches. A SECRET PACT TO…
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