Litigation is a time-consuming prospect in any scenario, but trials involving juries are even more so. At a time when litigation has largely been on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the backlog awaiting Ontario’s courts has been building. In response to the backlog, Ontario’s Attorney General has recently indicated that he is considering the […]
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Time Management Mistrial
A mistrial is a trial that is not successfully completed – meaning that it’s “terminated and declared void before the jury returns a verdict or the judge renders his or her decision in a non-jury trial. The trial is then over and has no legal effect or result. Mistrials are declared most often when there […]