“Don’t believe your ears!” - R v Prasad Reaffirms the Role of Expert Opinion Evidence
Author: Derek Zaporzan “ The point is to preserve trial by judge and jury, not devolve to trial by expert. ” – Justice Cromwell [1] In...
“Third one’s the charm”? – not when it comes to experts!
Authors: Jim Cheng & Marianna Pozdirca “Justice delayed is justice denied.” This legal maxim haunts the Canadian legal system, where...
Undeniable Harms: Expert Evidence, Parental Capacity, and Cultural Bias in Child Protection Cases
by Heather Peterson ntroduction Section 37(2) of the Child and Family Services Act (the “CFSA”) provides that, “in order to determine the...
R v Webbe-Wong: A Reminder of the Frailties of Cross-Racial Identification Evidence
J Papoff Abstract On its own merits, eyewitness evidence is problematic and poses challenges to the truth-finding function of Canada’s...
R v Turpin: Revising Admissibility of Expert Opinion Evidence in NB - W. McArthur
R v Turpin: Revising the Law Surrounding the Admissibility of Expert Opinion Evidence in New Brunswick by Weston McArthur In the Ontario...
