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The judge and the child abuse registry case: common sense among the Catch-22s

What was especially interesting to me were the times when Justice MacDonald stepped outside the usual boundaries of case law and legalese in order to offer a personal human reflection on a case that is all too human.

April 10, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

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  During a week filled with chemical attacks and cruise missile strikes in Syria, and a government’s cynical, Saul-like conversion to compassion on the way to an election closer to home, we must savour any small spark of common sense where we can find it. I found mine reading “Court Watch,” law student Christina Macdonald’s…

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