Absolutely not, and totally indicative of the industry, east and west of the puddle.
I experienced a similar practice in another place, where the briefing would include a verbatim (risk a fail in the sim if you get it wrong) departure brief.
Delivered monotone, and on cue, for both pilots. The way that it was instigated resulted in some pilots not deviating in any way at all. For other pilots, it was briefed verbatim, and then the actual brief added at the end (the latter being a best fit compromise because we are quite likely to remember those last few things we hear, rather than the same old sh1t repeated per sector. Imnsvho)
Rather akin to the (B737) intermittent warning horn brief introduced because some folks would insist on fighting a takeoff config warning when successfully airborne, instead of ensuring that they can still breathe.
All done with (for B737. I know nothing about airbus), recorder set on, rather than in auto.
It strikes me that the risk (cost) of litigation is perceived as being greater than the risk of spearing in.
The ramifications of this are (again, in my not so humble opinion)-
We are not specifically focusing on the immediate risks; instead we end up dulling ourselves with generic risks.
We (read; The company/lawyers/competent authority) are more concerned with the outcome of an inquiry, rather than preventing one.
16years to retirement and counting....
