Kudos to Jill! Fresh Defense Counsel on the scene with her business acumen of "product liability." This Miss. Daisy, quick as a whip, threw out her hand at a, to me, still undefined Case Conference, managing to get the master, based on "The Defendant says that undertakings still remain unanswered" to further stretch time of Discovery, in to oblivion. Unanswered questions about the Plaintiff having worked as a 'Handyman' etc.... All succinct and relevant questions to the non-compliant, 2008, paid for, but not delivered as contracted, web contract, as per the 'Statement of Work!' :)>>>>
With my busy, caught off-guard Counsel in tow, we were clearly cut-off at the pass. Rule ??? applied?
A Plaintiff's paid for Motion re-opened? A slight-of-hand? Somebody tell this codger in the woods what happened there?...
The Master previously ordered me Motion costs of $2,100.00 (for my reluctance to answer what I ongoingly considered to be IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS). The Master had decided, after continued insistence by Defense, that whatever questions were considered irrelevant by this Respondent to the issues at hand, had become, after some 4 Case Conferences, miraculously 'RELEVANT'.
"under the circumstances all questions are relevant." What ARE these "circumstances", I keep asking?
By experience, it has become 'crystal clear' to me, I do not stand a hell of a chance of seeing this case go to trial. Contracts seem to mean squat all. Connections, Jurisdiction, $$$, the buddy system ..... To HELL WITH THE RULES! These guys DO NOT WANT TO GO TO TRIAL! Because, considering the FACTS ETC, a conscientious Judge, obeying the RULES would allow this Plaintiff the $100,000 he is asking for. No more, understand. We do not want to shut down their business! God forbid!
But, if you consider the 5 year Hell and Havoc it has played on my life, they ought to be drawn and quartered, with the system to boot! But then again, all is about survival. And survival shows no justice.
We are no longer living in a 'just' world. I say the species is in over its head. Like the dinosaur, we are well on our way preparing for our own demise. I am content to be in my final act, living in the woods, trying to be as self-sufficient as I can. I give it 50 years at most. 'Hey,' no big deal this species, compared to say those Dinosaurs at some 60 million years... (Proof we have a crazy lunatic here? Your honour? Justice of the Court?)
IN CONCLUSION:
I won't act on "Mr. Steen, please seek legal advice." Been there; done that. Actual accountability seems a thing of the past. In the war of chess; the best positioned player knows her hand, and has played it!
So, realizing the Rules of Civil Procedure seem to have been dismissed, I say to the Master representing this most Superior Court of our Democracy; the Master who has chosen in his official duty as representative of the Superior Court at Ottawa, to Order that: "Under the circumstances all questions are relevant."
I say to this Case Management Master: "Order as you see fit! Play your seemingly collusive hand. This Respondent is prepared to give this round to you and Defense - SIR!"
Time will tell. This too will pass...
A stage-submissive Respondent.
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