About 10 years ago I was in Toronto and met a well-known, very clever member of the Canadian Supreme Court. His judgments were normally very long, with many case citations—not infrequently over 100. He (in parallel with a judge of the Australian High Court) was writing the longest judgments in a Supreme Court anywhere in the common law world. I asked, “why so long?” His answer surprised me a bit. He said: “Because I have to write for several audiences, the parties, the legal profession and the academics.” I did not agree then and I do not agree now.