Ontario Litigator S Guide To Evidence

This practical guide provides immediate solutions to common and unfamiliar evidentiary problems that can arise in civil, criminal, family or administrative proceedings. Difficult concepts are simplified for easy understanding and instant use in court. The author takes the common law and the provincial and federal Evidence Acts to their essentials. This seventh Edition is fully updated to account for the rapidly changing laws of evidence, including revisions to the sections on expert testimony, false confessions and settlement privilege along with new sections on misapprehension of evidence and unreasonable verdicts, demeanor evidence and alibi. This publication is a must-have for any lawyer dealing with evidentiary issues, as well as judges, law students and professors, and law clerks and papalegals.

"The complete reworking of the law of evidence by the Supreme Court of Canada in recent years has given rise to new jurisprudence and the need to remain up-to-date on the current state of the law. Compact and easily referenced, The Portable Guide to Evidence, 3rd Edition by seasoned litigator Michael P. Doherty uses excerpts from Canadian court decisions to provide a comprehensive review on the law of evidence. Offering a quick refresher when evidentiary arguments arise unexpectedly, together with compelling authority for use in argument, this book is an indispensable tool for litigation counsel and a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in this evolving area of law."--Pub. desc.

"This practice-oriented sourcebook, authored by a seasoned lawyer with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General and a Master of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, contains a comprehensive digest of Canadian evidence law. The book covers the law of evidence as applied in both civil and criminal proceedings, and captures general evidentiary principles contained in thousands of selected excerpts from case law and statutes, supplemented with authoritative commentary. By providing the key passages of actual cases and statutes (as opposed to a discussion of theory), this book serves as a practical research tool for students, litigators and adjudicators alike, well suited to the preparation of an opinion, argument or factum."--pub. desc.