 After Supreme Court decision, Ontario court orders woman to remove veil to testifyLaw & Order | 181983 hits | Apr 24 2:11 pm | Posted by: Curtman  The judge says the woman’s niqab “masks her demeanour and blocks both effective cross-examination by counsel for the accused and assessment of her credibility by the trier of fact.”Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Took 5 years, really?
It will take longer - she's appealing the judge's decision. Again.
That said, this is a sexual assault case. The accuseds in this matter are probably using this issue to further undermine the ability of the victim to provide a robust defence of her testimony during examination-in-chief.
Hopefully she can give video evidence instead or some more common accomodation we routinely use for vulnerable witnesses.
Some times points of law and legal debates can miss the heart of the matter.
Now this is one decision that I can fully get behind. It is a fair and competent decision.
Yes, welcome to North America.
It's North America now, is it?
Yes, Welcome to North America where regardless of which country you are in we deal in Secular Enlightened Liberal Democracies.