After a jury has delivered its verdict, can a trial judge refuse to accept the verdict?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reece v. Rumney et al, 2012 ONSC 780 (CanLII):
[14] After a jury has delivered its verdict, the power of the trial judge to refuse to accept the jury’s verdict exists only in very limited circumstances. A trial judge can only refuse to accept the verdict of a jury “when she or he concludes that there is no evidence to support the finding of the jury, or where the jury gives an answer to a question which cannot in law provide a foundation for a judgment. Intervention is limited to verdicts bad in law, or devoid of any evidentiary support.” Teskey v. T.T.C., (2003) 3 C.P.C. (6th) 181
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