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Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Ongoing “Gatekeeper” Function in Respect of Expert Evidence

In its recent decision in Bruff-Murphy v. Gunawardena (Bruff-Murphy), the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court) set aside a jury award and ordered a new trial on the basis that the trial judge did not correctly apply the...more

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SCC Rules on Impartiality and Independence of Expert Witnesses

On April 30, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co. (White Burgess), relating to courts’ assessment of the impartiality and independence of...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies that Expert’s Duty to the Court is a Threshold Requirement for Admissibility

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The Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision today which furthers existing law requiring experts in court proceedings to give fair, objective and non-partisan opinion evidence. A number of cases stood for the proposition...more

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