Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket, Ontario court steps out of bounds as a judge

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Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket, Ontario court steps out of bounds as a judge and obstructs justice

From the Canada Court Watch site:

http://www.canadacourtwatch.com/#Recent_Postings_(click_on_the_links_below)_

(March 8, 2008) A lawyer has advised Court Watch that it would appear that Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket and Barrie, Ontario courts has violated his own court order in which he ordered a publication ban on the name of witnesses at a trial in which he was the presiding judge. Legal sources sympathetic to Court Watch have forwarded copies of the published materials which clearly have been published in violation to a written court Order.

Information provided to Court Watch from legal circles would also appear to show that Justice Perkins may have himself been responsible for the violation of the court ordered publication ban and that the judge may be stepped outside of his jurisdiction as a judge by supplying information for publication which he clearly knew was not to be published. One of the firms which had published the banned information indicated that even though it was brought to the attention of Justice Perkins that there might be a mistake, that Justice Perkins indicated that it was his wish to have the banned content published. The actions of Justice Perkins further support the belief of many Canadians that many of our judges have become lawless as they see that they can do anything they want and get away with it because as many Canadians feel, the Judicial Council is failing to protect the public's interest and turning a blind eye to these lawless judges. By his actions to violate a written court Order, Justice Perkins is making a mockery of Justice in Canada and by his actions is harming the good reputation of those judges who are fair and just and bringing the administration of Justice into disrespute.

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Reading all the posts as well as having seen him operate in person, Justice Perkins is clearly out of control. He abuses his power in the family court system in the most cynical, and callous way, yet being the self-serving person that he is he is always getting involved in family law reform. His solution to what ails family law? Unify the family courts and give judges more power and leeway in exercising their discretion. Are you kidding me? Through the many decisions that this man has made the one constant is him pushing his own personal agenda. If he took the time to exercise diligence on the cases he tries then even if one didn't agree with him one could respect him. But this is a man who often very lazily ignores much of the evidence on grounds of formatting or presentation, and then uses the absence of contradicting evidence to make truly evil rulings like the one in which he banned a young girl from contact with her father or her siblings, or the one in which he allowed grandparents to be sued for support. The greatest evil is done by men who are put in such positions of power that they can thwart good. Craig is a thoroughly disreputable man of low integrity who hides behind a thin veneer of legal expertise. All that's wrong with family law will not be fixed until people like Craig Perkins are out of the court system entirely and doing something else more suitable for his talents ... like filing court documents or harassing legal interns.

 

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Unfortunately there are many lazy and reckless Family court justices in this province/country. There is no "fixing" family courts in this country. Many top lawyers are speaking out that the system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. They all conclude that as long as there are lawyers and judges involved the system won't change.
Read this link from Michael Cochrane, a top shelf family law lawyer in Toronto.
The Flaw in Family Law | The Mark

 

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It seems everyone agrees that judges such as Justice Perkins are lazy in not reading materials and not only utterly reckless in making judgments without the facts but also completely callous in ignoring the devastating impacts their rulings have upon families.

Yet at the same time justices such as Craig Perkins have a burning need to impose their lazy understanding of issues through inflammatory court orders, they also focus more on the personal slight they feel upon being overturned than they do on being happy for the family concerned because a higher court got it right.

How can these same judges be the only voices that are being heard in family court reform? They preside over a system that they were instrumental in breaking. Asking them for their advice on how to fix it is a little like asking Hitler for his advice on how to fix human rights abuses in his government.

 

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I shouldn't have been shocked to hear it, but some court employees were telling me how Justice Craig Perkins and other judges laugh among themselves at what they do to screw over men who are part of "men's rights groups". The employees warned me not to let any judge know if I decided to join any such group because it would be the fastest way to "screw myself" in their words. They went on to say that the judges feel their actions are justified because they believe that some men in those groups have published the addresses of judges online and because they feel that the men have unfairly criticized them and questioned their professionalism and their integrity.

Divorce is unquestionably one of the most difficult and stressful experiences of anyone's life even without the egos of judges. The self-absorption displayed by these judges and their inability to put aside their need to massage their own pride and focus on the needs of the family is utterly disturbing. Yet these are the strongest voices in charge of family law reform.

Does anyone else find this situation to be completely sick? Are there any citizen's groups with an effective voice in advocating for family court reform so that the reform process can have feedback from people other than lawyers and judges?

 

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I agree with you wholeheartedly. The famiuly courts are (I refer to it as monkey court). It has been my observance that many of the lawyers and judges have very disturbong cluster b personality disoreders , sociopatholy the most common.

The system bulldozes along because of secrecy and public apathy.

As long as lawyers and judges are "stakeholders" the destruction to families will continue.

Political advocay has been an abysmal failure. Organizations such as Canadian Equal Parenting Council" have had no impact or political victories in nearly ten years of efforts.

In my view this ystem needs to be dismantled. Change will only happen when people and families protest in the streets and protest in the courts. Under no circumstances will lawyers or the judicery hand over control or agree to meaningful reforms without protest.

Support Karmaseekers efforts , in the meantime, and write to your MP and MPP and both Attorney Generals and vehimently express your outrage with the power of the pen