Of course I concur with my colleague, who has had recent direct experience in managing probably the biggest case so far in Canada on organized crime.
That said, another advantage that I can see is of course saving of time. You deal with one issue once for the purpose of all the related cases that will be handled by the court system.
One disadvantage that I have heard would be to say that then it's not the same judge who is aware of the evidence in relation to the pre-trial issues and the trial issues per se. My answer to that is they're different issues and there is no necessity to hear evidence in relation to what I call the trial of the investigation, which those pre-motions are all about, and the trial proper, which is about innocence or guilt. That's why I would say it would be advantageous.