What role does a judge have in managing a habeas corpus application?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pratt v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2020 NSCA 39 (CanLII):
There is a role for lower court judges to manage habeas corpus applications with particular regard to facilitating access to justice for self-represented applicants. Bourgeois, J. (as she then was) noted in Blais v. Correction Service Canada, 2011 NSSC 508:
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