I came across this partial paragraph in a judgment today, and it struck a nerve with me.
The judge wrote:
Grrr! A mystery to him?? How can a judge express such cluelessness about the slow pace of the legal process? Surely he's intimately familiar with it and knows perfectly well why it happens. It's like he's throwing up his hands and disavowing any knowledge about human nature. If judges themselves just sigh and accept the system instead of wanting to change it, how is change ever going to happen?
Unfortunately, I came across it through my work, and cannot find it on Canlii, so I can't reference it directly. Just had to share my annoyance though.
The judge wrote:
Unfortunately, and as is too often the case, the family law proceedings that arose from the couple's separation became protracted and antagonistic. Such proceedings also too often spur one party or both to ugliness and in some instances to violence. Why this so often happens is a mystery to me, but the reality of it happening cannot be denied.
Unfortunately, I came across it through my work, and cannot find it on Canlii, so I can't reference it directly. Just had to share my annoyance though.
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