Dominic Regan discusses strange & unusual deaths
Death can be slightly inconvenient. It is not unknown in protracted hearings for the parties to insure the life of the judge. Should the worst occur, there will be a payout to meet the irrecoverable costs of having to start all over again. I have long wondered whether the judge concerned has to submit themselves to a medical examination, every orifice being probed. Insurance companies are notoriously cautious and would not wish to take on a risk that might prove to be a dead cert, as it were.
A lawyer who died in tragic circumstances was Garry Hoy, a partner in a Toronto law firm. His office was on the 24th floor of the Toronto–Dominion Centre, an impressive skyscraper you can inspect with Google Street View. Potential trainees were having a conducted tour of his firm. Garry was impressed by the fact that the windows were made of unbreakable glass. Bravado got the better of him and he decided to demonstrate this feature by running at and throwing himself against the floor to ceiling glazing. He was right,
