Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 0° -8° -8° 14° -7° -16° -6° -9° Unspecified number of layoffs at Tims Page 7 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, January 29, 2015 | 40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Halton `lost child' of our judicial system: judge by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff A cramped waiting room leading into Milton's busiest courtroom is no place for privacy, but it's where a mental health court support worker nds herself quietly discussing a sensitive case le within earshot of dozens of people. The lack of available of ce space, complicated security logistics and overall lack of privacy in the aging courthouse -- originally erected in 1960 with an addition built in the late 1970s -- continue to burden the ef ciency of Halton Region's justice system, despite the Ministry of the Attorney General's knowledge of the problem. "It's just a completely inadequate facility it's tired, it's rundown," said lawyer Paul Stunt, who spent almost a decade as the assistant Crown attorney before later becoming the lead Crown attorney in Halton. The Milton courthouse on Steeles Avenue East is home to Halton's Superior and Ontario courts and receives thousands of criminal, family, civil and youth criminal cases each year. Provincial offences courts in Burlington on Plains Road East, and in Milton on Nipissing Road, also serve the region. This reporter toured the Milton courthouse on Wednessee Jurors on p.6 Former Halton Crown attorney Paul Stunt outside the Halton courthouse in Milton, which he says has become woefully inadequate over the years. | photo by Eric Riehl Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER ~ A Legacy of Excellence ~ Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 1310 Lakeshore Rd. East