Part of the problem
with unreasonable delay is that the only remedy or the only way to fix / address it is by a judge entering a stay of proceedings.
As explained in the Industry Outlook, the road to BigLaw partnership is often convoluted,
with unreasonable delays and hurdles.
Not exact matches
In conformity
with the theoretical conceptions of an accusatory rather than an inquisitional system of justice, our law provides in most jurisdictions that the police shall produce the arrested party for a preliminary hearing without
unreasonable delay.
It's a kind of cynical joke to them, to send money to people they disagree
with, to get them to pile into the public area advocating
unreasonable solutions that
delay, defer, and put off actual action.
In other cases there have been
unreasonable delays waiting for the reporter's work, or the transcript delivered has been riddled
with errors.
There were a number of problems
with the scheduling of the trial which, in my opinion, caused
unreasonable delay.
In Manitoba, there was a recent decision (that was before R. v. Jordan) that dealt
with this exact issue of
unreasonable delay.
The Supreme Court of Canada concluded that courts have become complacent
with delay, which may render the right to be free from
unreasonable delay toothless.
If you have experienced
unreasonable delays or any sort of error that caused a further complication, it is important to speak
with an experienced attorney as soon as possible.
Criminal law: The appellant was charged
with trafficking marijuana and cocaine, possession of a prohibited weapon and breach of probation, but the charges were stayed by the trial judge on the basis of
unreasonable delay.
Justice Morgan found that FIPPA violated s. 2 (b) by imposing a reverse onus on a request for Adjudicative Records, and by creating an
unreasonable delay with accessing these records.
One other issue to point out on the topic of time limitations associated
with patent infringement claims, while there is no formal statute of limitations, a defendant can still assert the affirmative defense of laches to prevent a patent holder from pursuing a claim, asserting that the
delay in bringing suit is
unreasonable, and the defendant will suffer material prejudice due to the
delay.
The accused in this case, Darlene Morin, was charged
with impaired driving in January 1988, and not brought to trial until March 1989, a full fourteen months later, a prima facie case of
unreasonable delay according to the principles set out in Askov.
In a case where the prosecutor has been responsible for «
unreasonable delay», the judge may conclude, depending on the nature and reasons for the
delay in conjunction
with all of the other factors in s. 515 (10), that continued detention is not justified and the accused should be released.
Nor does it appear
unreasonable for those obligations initially to be borne, subject to the abovementioned right to compensation, by the air carriers
with which the passengers concerned have a contract of carriage that entitles them to a flight that should be neither cancelled nor
delayed (IATA and ELFAA, paragraph 90, and Sturgeon and Others, paragraph 68).
Drug charges against a Mennonite man from Taber accused of being part of a trafficking network
with ties to organized crime in Mexico have been stayed because of
unreasonable delay.
This aspect of the appeal was also dismissed
with the Court finding the
delay was not
unreasonable.
(4) Despite subsection (3), a repairer may charge a fee for an estimate if the repairer is unable to obtain, without
unreasonable delay, authorization to proceed
with the work or repairs and the goods are reassembled before being worked on or repaired so that the goods can be moved in order to free repair space.
But clients and their counsel can contribute to these
delays when they become adversarial, seek to punish one another, take
unreasonable positions,
delay unnecessarily, or fail to comply
with the rules of the court.
Despite the government's Charter statements to the contrary, a sacrifice of one Charter right, such as limiting s. 7 full answer and defence, for another Charter right, such as using administrative expediency to temper s. 11 (b)
unreasonable trial
delay, is not consistent
with the spirit and vision of the Charter.
Negative factors include: culpability,
unreasonable reporting
delay and interference
with internal compliance systems (Rule 21F - 6).
While a handful of cases have been thrown out as a result of
unreasonable delay,
with others pending, and the Crown dropping less pressing matters to free up court time, the judicial system is still under the gun.
(1) A party who is bound to preserve the goods in accordance
with article 85 or 86 may sell them by any appropriate means if there has been an
unreasonable delay by the other party in taking possession of the goods or in taking them back or in paying the price or the cost of preservation, provided that reasonable notice of the intention to sell has been given to the other party.
Whilst there were a few staff members which were friendly, compassionate and helpful, the majority of the staff I spoke
with throughout this process showed absolutely no compassion and understanding for what my husband and I were going through and caused unnecessary and
unreasonable delays making this process extremely stressful and more difficult than it had to be.