Duffy’s lawyer insists on public discussion of trial schedule

Suspended Senator Mike Duffy's trial is scheduled to end on June 16, but it won't happen. Crown Attorney Mark Holmes said court-planning decisions are routinely made public in the Ottawa court system and suggested he believes defence lawyer Donald Bayne was creating a confrontation for motives related to news media covering the trial.

Suspended Senator Mike Duffy’s lawyer said Monday he will insist on public discussions with the Crown lawyers in the case and a court management judge over a trial schedule as time runs out on the current timetable with indications of disagreement over when to resume after the current sche...

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