There have been many legal and technological developments since the Law Society last presented its Special Lectures in Evidence almost ten years ago. Special Lectures 2003: The Law of Evidence examines evidentiary issues of current relevance to barristers involved in every type of litigious matter.
Program Chairs
Professor Alan W. Bryant, University of Western Ontario, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Marie Henein, Henein & Associates
Janet A. Leiper, Clements Leiper
Table of Contents
Preface
The Admissibility of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: A Principled Approach in a Post-Charter World
Mr. Justice David H. Doherty (Court of Appeal for Ontario)
Hearsay Exceptions: A Game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors"
David M. Paciocco (University of Ottawa)
Issues of Evidence in a Class Action: An Introduction and Overview
Mr. Justice Warren K. Winkler (Superior Court of Justice) and Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C. (Sutts, Strosberg LLP)
Privilege in Civil Cases Revisited
Sheila Block (Torys LLP) and Lynn Iding
Problems of Process in Litigating Privilege Claims Under the Flexible Wigmore Model
Michael Code (Sack Goldblatt Mitchell)
The Law of Evidence and the Charter
David Stratas (Heenan Blaikie LLP)
Impact of the Charter on the Law of Evidence
Panel Discussion
Lowering the Threshold for Admissibility of Defence Evidence in a Criminal Case
Edward L Greenspan, Q.C. (Greenspan, White)
The Uses and Abuses of Demonstrative Evidence
Geoffrey D.A. Adair, Q.C. (Adair Morse LLP)
Demonstrative Evidence: Uses and Abuses
Roger G. Oatley (Oatley, Vigmond)
Similar Fact Evidence
Mr. Justice Marc Rosenberg (Court of Appeal for Ontario)
Browne v. Dunn and Similar Fact Evidence: Isles of Change in a Calm Civil Evidence Sea
F. Paul Morrison (McCarthy Tétrault LLP) & Christopher Wayland
Balancing Probabilities: The Overlooked Complexity of the Civil Standard of Proof
Linda R. Rothstein (Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP), Robert Centa, and Eric Adams
Judges as Gatekeepers: The Admissibility of Scientific Evidence Based on Novel Theories
Mr. Justice Sidney N. Lederman (Superior Court of Justice)
Opinion Evidence: General Principles and More
Alan W. Bryant (University of Western Ontario, McCarthy Tétrault LLP)
Evidence in Charter Cases
Paul B. Schabas (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP)
Judicial Notice: How Much Is Too Much?
Mr. Justice Ian Binnie (Supreme Court of Canada)
The Right Against Self-Incrimination
Alan D. Gold (Gold & Associate)
Cross-Examination
Austin M. Cooper Q.C. and Mark J. Sandler
(Cooper, Sandler & West)
Table of Cases
Index