So sometimes I listen in to the Supreme court hearings, and they’re mostly boring so I don’t listen in for very long, but sometimes interesting. But today was especially entertaining. Some poor lawyer was being absolutely chewed out by one of the justices because he believes the they (legal counsel) was purposely prolonging the case to so that it would be tossed. Like he’s seriously being chewed out, to the point where the lawyer asks the chief justice if he could make his closing statement and the chief justice just has this huge grin on his face saying “yeah, I’ll let you go”
There was another earlier point where one (defendant) lawyer was like “yeah this (one) document is basically rubbish and unreliable. The prosecutor didn’t even use it. blah blah blah” (she was trying to help her client) and one of the justices responded with “you know this document is part of the defense of one of the co-accused?” and the lawyer just smiles and responds in a way that kinda threw the other person under the bus. Like “yeah I know. I’ll let my friend (in reference to co-accused lawyer) respond to that”. Such a hot mess express today
This particular case is Her Majesty the Queen v. Mélanie Ste-Marie, et al.
I was rather amused by this appeal to the supreme court of Canada (case 39367):
Mr. Stanislaw Szopa immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1981 with his family. In 2018, Mr. Szopa filed a claim against the Government of Canada, alleging that Canadian embassy officials had committed errors and wrongful acts at the time of his immigration, including making negligent misrepresentations which induced Mr. Szopa to immigrate without being informed that his education credentials would not transfer to Canada.
Getting around to it 37 years after arriving? Guess better late than never. Education credentials not being recognized across countries is still a problem even now. Sucks that people have to go through it. Wonder how much he’s asking
Unable to secure employment as an engineer in Canada, Mr. Szopa sought over $23 million in damages, for the socio economic difficulties he and his family suffered since they immigrated to Canada, as well as for mental distress
$600k a year to be an engineer? I picked the wrong field. I should have been a Polish engineer. This whole thing seems like a frivolous lawsuit anyways. But I wonder what kind of $23m lawyer would fight this sort of case?
Party: Szopa, Stanislaw
This party is not represented by counsel.
Oh. Dude you need a better lawyer