In Provincial Offences Court (everything from speeding tickets to more minor Provincial Offences) trials are grossly overbooked.
You will often see 20 trials booked for, say, a 3:00 p.m. docket -- and it is inconceivable that 20 matters can be heard in the time allowed.
So what is done is deals are made and of the remaining cases one or two are tried and the rest withdrawn because "there is no time left".
What is wrong here is that the cases are withdrawn or pursued on a totally unprincipled basis -- it is merely what gets called first. The lottery aspect of Law is made very obvious indeed.
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