Whether a judge is sitting alone or presiding with a jury in a civil matter, whether the judge is a single judge or a jury?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sharpe v. Abbott, 2007 NSCA 6 (CanLII):
While expressed in a criminal case, the observations of Ritchie, J., speaking for the majority in Emkeit v. The Queen, 1972 CanLII 169 (SCC), [1974] S.C.R. 133 is as apposite in civil matters, whether the judge is sitting alone or presiding with a jury: In my opinion the administration of justice in our Courts would be gravely hampered if it were not recognized that a trial Judge has a wide discretion as to the manner in which a trial is to be conducted . . .
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