Lawyer here. This is for criminal law only. Civil trials you HAVE to answer, a lot of people struggle with this (or my fav, is when they plead the 5th, which if referencing the charter, would be the requirement for parliament to meet every 120 days).
You're right about civil v common law, but a civil court action would be a non-criminal one. This is fairly well known, even with non-lawyers. And yes.
Lawyer here. This is for criminal law only. Civil trials you HAVE to answer, a lot of people struggle with this (or my fav, is when they plead the 5th, which if referencing the charter, would be the requirement for parliament to meet every 120 days).
You're right about civil v common law, but a civil court action would be a non-criminal one. This is fairly well known, even with non-lawyers. And yes.