LESSONS LEARNED FROM V-A NORMAN CASE

Blatchford: They’re big on “lessons learned” in the Canadian Forces, so here then, are my top three from the recently concluded Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case:

1. The private bar will almost inevitably kick the living hell out of prosecutors.

2. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it didn’t lay a glove on the prosecutors.

3. If prosecutors were devoid of curiosity, it was the Department of Justice lawyers who were more actively recalcitrant.