The conduct of the Appeal Board demonstrates such disregard for fundamental legal principles that it can only be explained by the fact that its members are not legally trained.

The 54 paragraphs of the statement of claim, which the plaintiffs prepared themselves, is long on indignation but somewhat short on respect for the rules of pleading.

Repeat bankruptcies are now almost as common as injury lawyers.

If there was ever a case indicative of the need for counsel, this is one case where that need is extreme.

In his refusal to be bound by the common law, that is the authoritative interpretation of laws by judicial precedent, Mr.

Dressing up its pleading as the Plaintiff does cannot overcome the fact that absent a contract between the parties the Plaintiff cannot have an interest in the land.

But as I earlier intimated, such a finding does not intimidate counsel for the defendant as he says that as council has declared that these matters amount to an "emergency" such cannot be questioned.

This application arises from one of what I understand are 1400 plus Canadians caught in a vortex under a portion of that legislation that would have impressed Franz Kafka.

It seems that the Bank got caught with its hand in the cookie jar.

I reject as absurd fabrication the 'dead animal carcass' on the side of the road defence.

At the police station [the defendant] was advised that a breath sample was being requested.

There is much about this case that resembles a Family Court proceeding involving an adulterous spouse: passion has pilfered all perspective; judgment that would otherwise be insightful is clouded; bitterness hangs in the air; and, the IQs of the parties have temporarily dropped to the ambient temperature of the courtroom (otherwise, why would this family be exposing its dirty corporate laundry in such a public forum).