What is the standard of conduct of counsel in defence of the Guidelines?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kosolofski v Kosolofski, 2016 SKCA 106 (CanLII):
... when counsel makes a submission with respect to the Guidelines in the trial court, it is expected, as a matter of good judicial decision-making, that the trial judge’s reasons explain why the Guidelines were or were not followed. This would be so in relation to any significant argument seriously made to a court at any level (see Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11 at para. 103, 288 D.L.R. (4th) 513).
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