Advocacy – Rogers Partners LLP https://www.rogerspartners.com Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:11:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 Closing Addresses in Jury Trials https://www.rogerspartners.com/closing-addresses-jury-trials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=closing-addresses-jury-trials https://www.rogerspartners.com/closing-addresses-jury-trials/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=1954 In a closing address in a jury trial, a lawyer is afforded considerable latitude to advance the cause of his or her client fearlessly and with vigour. However, there are important limits. A jury must not be distracted from its task of deciding the case on the evidence, and trial fairness cannot be undermined. The […]

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]]> https://www.rogerspartners.com/closing-addresses-jury-trials/feed/ 0 Resolute Advocacy vs. Civil Fraud https://www.rogerspartners.com/resolute-advocacy-vs-civil-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resolute-advocacy-vs-civil-fraud https://www.rogerspartners.com/resolute-advocacy-vs-civil-fraud/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:33:34 +0000 http://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=1851 The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal today in a case involving an allegation of civil fraud against a plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer. The case of Paulus v. Fleury arose out of a car accident. At a pre-trial conference, the plaintiffs’ lawyer made submissions that he had “independent” witnesses to the accident who […]

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