Following the Magna Carta, there gradually developed a «connotation that at least a minimal degree of legal
procedures — those that insure a fair hearing,
especially the opportunity to be heard before a neutral decision - maker — must be accorded in the context of the
judicial process.»
(Sources: Mary Jane Hatton and Joseph James, Case Management in the Family Court: A Guide to Implementation, Office of the Chief Judge, Ontario Court (Provincial Division), May 1995; Patrick LeSage and Michael Code, Report of the Review of Large and Complex Criminal Case
Procedures, «
Judicial Case Management,
Especially at the Pre-trial Stage,» November 2008; Margot Gibb - Clark, «Where judgment is swift,» The Globe and Mail, February 28, 1995, p. B16.)