Does a judge have a duty to hear the cases to which they are assigned?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Millar, 2017 BCSC 323 (CanLII):
Judges have a duty to hear the cases to which they are assigned. In De Cotiis v. De Cotiis, 2004 BCSC 117, Justice Groberman, when he was a judge of this court, considered an application that he disqualify himself from that case. He noted, at para. 10:
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