How has the client responded to a lawyer's email asking her to choose a judge over a jury?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Radic v Bosch, 2019 BCSC 602 (CanLII):

The client replied to the lawyer’s email in an email of July 27, 2016 wherein she stated: It was nice to see you yesterday. I understand your concern about how jury might get destructed [sic] by some of the issues in the case, as you mentioned earlier. I agree that, in the circumstance of going to a trial, a judge would be the way to go. I also understand that the other side gets to choose if it is going to be a jury or a judge, yet you would still have the option (used in your jurisprudence “Wallman v. Insurance Corporation of BC”) to make the case that due to the “complexity character” of the issues at hand, it is the “judge” option that would be appropriate. As of paying the portion of it in advance, it is my understanding that our contract outlined how the incurred cost is to be covered.

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