What is the test for changing a jury trial to a different jury trial?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rex v. Lynn, 1910 CanLII 90 (SK QB):
And he cites with approval the old case of Rex v. Harris, 3 Burr 1330, where Mr. Justice Dennison, at p. 1334, said:— “A place of trial ought not to be altered from that which is settled and established by the common law unless there shall appear a clear and plain reason for it, namely, that there cannot be there a fair and impartial trial.”
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