Good, bad and just plain weird

Over the years I have been a lawyer for some good people, some bad people and some crazy people.

Sadly the crazy people tend to cluster in litigation. It is an area where the disgruntled, the obsessed and the just plain weird congregate.

I would think perhaps one in ten personal litigants (as opposed to companies or businesses) have mental issues. The percent is far higher in criminal law.

The system works badly for disturbed individuals. They cause untold grief to others -- without any practical remedy -- and never get what they themselves want -- vindication -- because that is not the business of the Courts and anyway the disturbed individuals are, often, just wrong about the facts.

I'm not sure what we can do the fix the problem but it is a problem and one that drains resources better spent elsewhere.

James Morton
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Toronto, Ontario
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