Canadian Lawyer

May 2009

The most widely read magazine for Canadian lawyers

Issue link: https://digital.canadianlawyermag.com/i/50831

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 36 of 47

LEGAL REPOR T: CRIMINAL LAW AND FORENSICS Ontario and B.C. Supremely different stories in Ontario is flush with judges while B.C. can't fill vacancies, forcing it to cancel trials. BY KELLY HARRIS two dozen anticipated vacancies from a year earlier, but also a new complement I n November 2008, the Ontario Supe- rior Court judicial roster was full. It included the filling of the more than of judges added to the court for the first time since 1995. It means for the first time in years getting to the Superior Court in Ontario can be measured in weeks instead of years and months, says Ontario Bar Association past-president James Morton. The head of the litigation group at Toronto's Steinberg Morton Hope & Israel LLP, Morton has for www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com M AY 2009 37 MICK COULAS

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Canadian Lawyer - May 2009