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 Message 2863 
 Calvin Henry-Cotnam to All 
 Re: Lac Megantic report August 12 
 13 Aug 14 08:01:22 
 
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From: calvin@remove.daxack.ca

John Levine (johnl@iecc.com) said...
>
>The Canadian legal system only separated from the British in the 20th
>century, so there really are significant differences from US practice.
>As a trivial example, lawyers still wear wigs and robes in court.
>(I've seen them.)

Robes yes, wigs no.

--
Calvin Henry-Cotnam
"Unusual or extreme reactions to events caused by negligence
 are imaginable, but not reasonably foreseeable"
  - Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, May 2008

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