Legal Research

The Law?s Delay in Guyana

By Simon Fodden

Apparently fed up with judges who sit on decisions for ever and ever, the government in Guyana is bringing in legislation, the Judicial Decisions Bill, that will place a 120 day absolute limit on how long after the conclusion of a civil trial a judge may take to release the decision. The statute requires a judge to give a decision as expeditiously as possible after the end of a trial, and persistent failure to abide by the ultimate limit may result in the judge’s removal from office.

Are there any such legislative requirements in Canada? I couldn’t find any with a quick and simple search. I would imagine that judicial writer’s block is not one of the principal causes of the law’s delay in this country, except in isolated cases.

[hat tip to Yemisi Dina, Associate Librarian, Osgoode Hall Law School / via Caribbean Net News]

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).