tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post784237851497027756..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Why barrister Sarah Miller's UNHRC "complaint" is utter garbage.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-33540504088896384292022-08-09T10:48:10.295-04:002022-08-09T10:48:10.295-04:00This is correct. The Alberta Law Society's Cod...This is correct. The Alberta Law Society's Code of Conduct states that "a lawyer must encourage public respect for and try to improve the administration of justice." In criticizing courts, lawyers are to avoid criticism that is petty, intemperate or unsupported by bona fide belief in its real merit. When involved in proceedings, a lawyer's criticism risks being seen as partisan rather than objective. Finally, lawyers have a duty to support the courts because decision-makers can't defend themselves. Miller does nothing to encourage public respect for the administration of justice. Indeed, by prematurely taking her complaints to the UN, she's discouraging respect for Canada's legal system and violating the law society's code of conduct. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-80903031859109050932022-08-09T09:46:53.268-04:002022-08-09T09:46:53.268-04:00MgS: You're half right.
You're correct in...MgS: You're half right.<br /><br />You're correct in that having a client like Pastor Art who keeps breaking the law and getting re-arrested doesn't make Miller a shitty lawyer. However, if Pastor Art's regular re-incarceration is exclusively his fault, it's incredibly inappropriate to keep blaming the legal system for it.<br /><br />No one is suggesting that Miller publicly chastise her client for being such a dick. On the other hand, it's ridiculously sleazy for Miller to perpetually suggest that this is all the fault of a pernicious legal system that is unfairly persecuting a devout Christian who only wants to feed homeless people. Which is exactly what she's been doing.<br /><br />Even if you can't control your client, it's wildly inappropriate to suggest it's the fault of the legal system.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-86382969558927871432022-08-09T09:04:50.283-04:002022-08-09T09:04:50.283-04:00Anonymous @ 7:37:
A guy like Pawlowski is one o...Anonymous @ 7:37: <br /><br />A guy like Pawlowski is one of the worst clients that a lawyer can have. Like Alex Jones, you can advise them what to say and do until you’re blue in the face, but because the client thinks that they’re “in the right” (and likely as not, they also think they are smarter than everybody else in the room), they still go off and do what the hell they please. <br /><br />Having Pawlowski as a client doesn’t make Miller a bad lawyer - writing utter drivel that grossly misrepresents the law, and how it operates makes her a bad lawyer who has worse clients. MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-84150099022470633742022-08-09T07:44:06.212-04:002022-08-09T07:44:06.212-04:00(Same anonymous as above): One of the stupidest th...(Same anonymous as above): One of the stupidest things Miller suggests is that Trudeau somehow violated peoples' rights by invoking the Emergencies Act. But Trudeau kept *refusing* to do that, insisting that local law enforcement had all the tools they needed to deal with the siege of Ottawa. And Trudeau was right, they *did* have all the laws they needed, they simply chose not to enforce them. It was only after it became obvious that local cops were *supporting* the occupation that the federal government stepped in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-3188126503472011342022-08-09T07:37:40.107-04:002022-08-09T07:37:40.107-04:00I've seen Miller's Linkedin profile, where...I've seen Miller's Linkedin profile, where she goes on at length about her expertise in various areas, which is why it's so puzzling that she's such a horrible lawyer. It's not just this latest U.N. complaint -- she's represented "Pastor Art" for the last two years, and can't seem to keep him out of jail. He gets bail, he violates his bail conditions, gets arrested again, and so on and so on. How is it that Miller can't advise her client on the simple conditions for staying out of custody?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-23683865731182232512022-08-09T06:44:43.638-04:002022-08-09T06:44:43.638-04:00If Miller is really this awful a lawyer, I'm s...If Miller is really this awful a lawyer, I'm starting to understand why her clients spend so much time in jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com