Sentences with phrase «busy bail courts»

As my first blog post, I wrote about a subject that I find disturbing as a criminal lawyer — the breakdown of justice in some busy bail courts.

However in busy bail courts, this process sometimes breaks down.

Not exact matches

On every one of these occasions where a bail hearing is adjourned in a busy Court, I often have to remind the Court of a rarely used provision, Section 516 (1) of the Criminal Code:

Unfortunately in busy Toronto bail courts, despite the clear language of Parliament, it often falls to the criminal defence lawyer to remind everyone of that.

I have seen bail hearings adjourned, meaning the accused person remains in custody for all sorts of reasons, the Court list was too busy for a hearing to go ahead, an interpreter for a surety was not available or the Information was not sworn.