Dear Editor,
In the past, many lawyers would appear before the court and having nonchalantly breached the rules of court would ask the Judge to waive their breaches.
Such breaches would include basic things such as preventing new evidence after trial has started or trying to make appeals long after the prescribed time has passed. Often times, such waivers were granted.
Now, we have several new Judges and they are expected to bring freshness to the Judiciary by keeping to the rules of court and bringing greater discipline.
When matters concern lawyers as litigants, the rules of court must meticulously be maintained, both in the interest of discipline and since lawyers are perfectly aware of the rules of court.
Once lawyers themselves are openly penalised, discipline in court will be completely restored.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Wills
