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Appeal court complains about some trial judges’ “blizzard of words” and “factual data dump”

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Appeal court complains about some trial judges’ “blizzard of words” and “factual data dump” FamilyLLB Although it is not technically a Family Law decision, the recent Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in Welton v. United Lands Corporation Limited offers advice to any judge who must rule on and write decisions in any area of the law. In particular the court cautions against judges using a “blizzard of words” or a “factual data dump” in their rulings; these can not only serve to obscure, but often result in the type of verbose judgment that lawyers, the parties, and any subsequent appeal judges must take extra time to read and digest. READ MORE

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