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EvidenceThe practice of law is a lot like doing algebra. The legal rules are the formulae and the facts are the variables and numbers. You plug the facts into the applicable rules and you get a legal result: breach of contract or not, tort or not, guilty or not guilty, etc.
Evidence is the raw material of facts, the things that lawyers present to the court in the hope that they will be granted the coveted status of 'facts'. They are 'fact candidates'. When evidence is filtered through the scrupulous rules of evidence, the survivors are 'facts'.
A. EVIDENCE - GENERAL
General
Ontario Evidence Statute Law
B. BASIC EVIDENCE CONCEPTS
Credibility | Part 2
Relevance | Part 2
Materiality
Admissibility
Probative
Compellability
Competency
Prejudice
Standard of Proof
Circumstantial Evidence
Motive
Onus of Proof
Gate-Keeping
Speculation
Admissions
Inherently Incapable of Proof
C. HEARSAY
Hearsay - Basics | Part 2
Hearsay - Principled Exception (Necessity and Reliability) | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Hearsay - Res Gestae Exception
Hearsay - State of Mind Exception
Hearsay - Dying Declaration Exception
Hearsay - Expressive Conduct
Hearsay - Statement Against Penal Interest
Hearsay - Judicial Records Exception
Hearsay - Past Recollection Recorded Exception
Hearsay - Co-conspirators Exception
Hearsay - Documents in Possession Exception
Hearsay - Party Admission Exception
D. PRIVILEGE
Privilege - General
Litigation Privilege | Part II
Solicitor-Client Privilege | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Litigation and Solicitor-Client Privilege Contrasted
Settlement Privilege | Part II (Stronach)
Spousal Privilege and Incompetency Rule
Informer Privilege
Public Interest (Cabinet) Privilege
Absolute Privilege
Statutory Privilege
Adjudicative Privilege
Legislative Privilege
E. OPINION and EXPERT EVIDENCE
Opinion Evidence
Expert Opinion - R53.03
Expert Opinion - Basics
Expert Opinion - Criteria
Expert Opinion - Necessity
Expert Opinion - Qualification
Expert Opinion - Expert Report (Participation v Litigation Experts) | Part II
Expert Opinion - Duties of Impartiality and Independence | Part II
Expert Opinion - The 'Ultimate Issue'
Expert Opinion - Hearsay
Experts - Non-Opinion Evidence
Experts - Adopting Documents
F. OTHER SPECIFIC RULES
Private Notes at a Hearing
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Statutory Admissibility
Collusion
Narrative
Recognition Evidence
Extrinsic Evidence
Colloquy [judge-counsel exchanges]
Polygraph Evidence
From Lawyer's File
Spoliation of Evidence
Foreign Law
Inferences
Hand-writing
Signatures
Prior Consistent Statements
Prior Inconsistent Statements
Estoppel Certificate
Browne v Dunn
Judicial Notice | Part 2
Parole Evidence
Similar Facts | Part II | Part III | Handy | Discreditable Conduct Evidence
'Propensity Reasoning'
Amplification
Failure to Adduce
Demeanour Evidence
Witness Demeanour
Witness Embellishment
Identification
Character Evidence
Collateral Fact Evidence
Assertive Conduct
Post-Offence Conduct
Oath-Helping
Litigation Documents
Child Witnesses
Criminal Records
Adverse Inferences
Media Evidence
Inadvertent Tainting
Adoptive Admissions
G. EVIDENCE PRACTICE
Policy Guidelines
Objections
Affidavits
Discovery
Party Fact Agreements at Hearing
Testimony
Trial
Summary Judgment
Refreshing Memory
Exclusion of Witnesses
Adverse Witness
International Letters of Request
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