Sentences with phrase «underlying civil justice system»

The case was about changes to the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure on the use of summary judgment, however, the Court took the opportunity to discuss the values that underlie the civil justice system in Canada.

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cautions that the institutionalizing of ADR without attempting to change underlying culture will likely lead to a corruption of ADR mechanisms and the wider civil justice system as there remains the possibility that good settlement process will be marred by over zealous advocacy or over zealous desire to close cases.

They will then challenge some of the common assumptions underlying the status quo, with the aim of opening a dialogue about which facets of the civil justice system are foundational to the rule of law and which ones ultimately detract from it.

The fact that our corporations are increasingly looking at using private courts as an alternative to the civil justice system because of its slow pace and higher costs (among other reasons) is a testament to the underlying problems.