Showing posts with label admissibility requirement that expert be independent and impartial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label admissibility requirement that expert be independent and impartial. Show all posts

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Canada: Admissibility Requirement: Independence and Impartiaility of Expert


Supreme Court of Canada holds that expert opinion is admissible only if the expert is 'independent" and "impartial." But this rule is hedged to accommodate certain "realities" of Canada's adversary system of litigation. See White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co.