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Evidence

Contents

• GENERAL
  
  
• ALIBI
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE
  
• ADMISSIBILITY
  
• ADMISSIONS
  
• ADVERSE INFERENCE/PRESUMPTION
  
• AFFIDAVITS
  
• AMPLIFICATION
  
• APOLOGY ACT
  
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  
• ASSERTIVE CONDUCT
  
• ASSUMPTIONS
  
• AUDIO RECORDINGS
  
  
• BANK RECORDS
  
• BOOTSTRAPPING
  
• BROWNE V DUNN
  
• BURDEN OF PROOF
  
• BUSINESS RECORDS
  
  
• CABINET CONFIDENCES
  
• CAPACITY
  
• CHILD WITNESSES
  
• CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
  
• COLLATERAL FACT RULE
  
• COLLOQUY
  
• COLLUSION
  
• COMPELLABILITY
  
• COMPETENCY
  
• CONFESSIONS (see ADMISSIONS, above)
  
• 'CONFIRMATORY' EVIDENCE
  
• CORROBORATION
  
• CREDIBILITY
  
• CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
  
  
• DEMEANOUR EVIDENCE
  
• DISCRETION
  
• DOCUMENTS (Miscellaneous)
  
  
• EITHER/OR ADMISSION ERROR
  
• ELECTRONIC RECORDS
  
• EMBELLISHMENT
  
• ESTATES
  
• ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
  
• EVIDENCE ACT (ONTARIO)
  
• EVIDENCE ACT (CANADA)
  
• EXHIBITS
  
• EXPERT EVIDENCE (see OPINION)
  
• EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE
  
  
• FAILURE TO ADDUCE
  
• FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
  
• FRAUD
  
  
• GATE-KEEPING
  
  
• HAND-WRITING
  
• HEARSAY
  
• HYPOTHETICALS
  
  
• IDENTIFICATION
  
• INADVERTENT TAINTING
  
• INFERENCES
  
• INHERENTLY INCAPABLE OF PROOF
  
• INTERNET
  
• INTRINSIC
  
  
• JOURNALISTIC SOURCES
  
• JUDICIAL NOTICE
  
  
• LAWYER'S FILE
  
• LETTERS ROGATORY
  
• LITIGATION DOCUMENTS
  
• LOST EVIDENCE
  
  
• MATERIALITY
  
• MEDIA EVIDENCE
  
• MEDICAL REPORTS
  
• MOTIVE
  
  
• NARRATIVE
  
• NOTARIES
  
  
• OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS
  
• OATH-HELPING
  
• O'CONNOR APPLICATIONS
  
• ONUS OF PROOF
  
• OPINION AND EXPERT EVIDENCE
  
  
• PAROLE EVIDENCE
  
• PHONE RECORDS
  
• PHOTOGRAPHS
  
• POLICY GUIDELINES
  
• POST-OFFENCE CONDUCT
  
• POLYGRAPH EVIDENCE
  
• PRACTICE
  
• PREJUDICE
  
• PRESERVATION DEMANDS
  
• PRIOR OFFENCE CONDUCT
  
• PRIOR CONSISTENT STATEMENTS
  
• PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS
  
• PRIVATE NOTES AT A HEARING
  
• PRIVILEGE
  
• PROBATIVE
  
• PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF EVIDENCE
  
  
• REASONABLE PERSON
  
• RECOGNITION EVIDENCE
  
• REFRESHING MEMORY
  
• RELEVANCE
  
• RELIABILITY
  
• RES IPSA LOQUITOR
  
  
• SELF-INCRIMINATION
  
• SIGNATURES
  
• SIMILAR FACT, CHARACTER AND RELATED EVIDENCE
  
• 'SOCIAL CONTEXT'
  
• SPECULATION
  
• SPOLIATION OF EVIDENCE
  
• STANDARD OF PROOF
  
• STATUTORY ADMISSIBILITY
  
• STEREOTYPICAL THINKING
  
• SUMMONS
  
  
• TAILORED EVIDENCE
  
• TRANSCRIPTS AND RECORDINGS
  
  
• WAGG ORDERS
  
• WITNESSES

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ALPHABETICAL LIST

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GENERAL
Evidence Case Dicta - General

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ALIBI
Evidence Case Dicta - Alibi

ADMINISTRATIVE
Administrative - Evidence [LINKED from /Administrative]

ADOPTIVE ADMISSIONS
Evidence Case Dicta - Adoptive Admissions

ADMISSIBILITY
Evidence Case Dicta - Admissibility
|||Admissibility, Witness - Crime or Interest [Evidence Act, s.7 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

ADMISSIONS
Evidence Case Dicta - Admissions (includes Confessions) (+)
Evidence Case Dicta - Mr.Big Confessions

ADVERSE INFERENCE/PRESUMPTION
Evidence Case Dicta - Adverse Inferences (+)

AFFIDAVITS
Evidence Case Dicta - Affidavits

AMPLIFICATION
Evidence Case Dicta - Amplification

APOLOGY ACT
Evidence Case Dicta - Apology Act

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Artificial Intelligence

ASSERTIVE CONDUCT
Evidence Case Dicta - Assertive Conduct

ASSUMPTIONS
Evidence Case Dicta - Assumptions (+)

AUDIO RECORDINGS
Evidence Case Dicta - Audio Recordings

BANK RECORDS
|||Bank Documents, Defined [Evidence Act, s.33(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Bank Documents, Copies as Proof [Evidence Act, s.33(2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Bank Documents, Admissibility Requirements [Evidence Act, s.33(3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Bank Documents, Not Compellable Other than by this Section Without Court Order [Evidence Act, s.33(4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Bank Documents, Party Court Application to Inspect; Service [Evidence Act, s.33(5) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Bank Documents, Costs of Court Application on Bank Default or Delay [Evidence Act, s.33(6) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

BOOTSTRAPPING
Evidence Case Dicta - Bootstrapping

BROWNE V DUNN
Evidence Case Dicta - Browne v Dunn (+) [#CIVIL LITIGATION]
|||Cross-Examination, Impeachment on Previous Statements in Writing [Evidence Act, s.20 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Cross-Examination, Impeachment on Previous Oral Statements [Evidence Act, s.21 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

BURDEN OF PROOF
Evidence Case Dicta - Burden of Proof

BUSINESS RECORDS
Evidence Case Dicta - Business Records [EA s.35 (Ont)]
|||Business Records, Definitions [Evidence Act, s.35(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Business Records, Application of Section 35 [Evidence Act, s.35(5) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Business Records, Admissibility; Inspection Right on Seven Days Notice [Evidence Act, s.35(2-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Business Records, Factors Effecting Evidentiary Weight [Evidence Act, s.35(4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Business Records, Where Copies Admissible - Inspection Right on Ten Days Notice; Dispute Procedure [Evidence Act, s.55(1-2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

CABINET CONFIDENCES
Evidence Case Dicta - Cabinet Confidences

CAPACITY ('Capacity' is also addressed in the Mental Health topic.)
|||Capacity, Witness - Crime or Interest [Evidence Act, s.6 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

CHILD WITNESSES
Evidence Case Dicta - Child Witnesses
|||Testimony, Under 18 - Videotaped [Evidence Act, s.18.3(1-7) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Testimony, Under 18 - Behind Screen or Closed Circuit Television [Evidence Act, s.18.4(1-4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Testimony, Under 18 - Support Persion [Evidence Act, s.18.5(1-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Testimony, Under 18 - Cross-Examination [Evidence Act, s.18.6(1-2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Circumstantial Evidence (+)

COLLATERAL FACT RULE
Evidence Case Dicta - Collateral Fact Rule

COLLOQUY
Evidence Case Dicta - 'Colloquy' [judge-counsel exchange]

COLLUSION
Evidence Case Dicta - Collusion

COMPELLABILITY
Evidence Case Dicta - Compellability
|||Compellability, Privilege re Spousal Communication [Evidence Act, s.11 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Compellability - Parties, Principals and Spouses [Evidence Act, s.8(1,2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

COMPETENCY
Evidence Case Dicta - Competency
|||Competency, Presumption of at Any Age [Evidence Act, s.18(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Competency, Challenge to [Evidence Act, s.18(2,3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Competency - Parties, Principals and Spouses [Evidence Act, s.8(1,2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Competency, Under 14 - Where Challenge [Evidence Act, s.18.1(1-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Competency, Under 14 - No Corroboration Required [Evidence Act, s.18.2(1,2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

CONFESSIONS (see ADMISSIONS, above)

'CONFIRMATORY' EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - 'Confirmatory' Evidence

CORROBORATION
Evidence Case Dicta - Corroboration

CREDIBILITY
Evidence Case Dicta - Credibility (+)

CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
Evidence Case Dicta - Criminal Records (+)
|||Criminal Conviction, Proof of Where Denied [Evidence Act, s.22(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Criminal Conviction, Proof of [Evidence Act, s.22.1(1-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

DEMEANOUR EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Demeanour Evidence

DISCRETION [LINKED from /Discretion]
Discretion - Evidence

DOCUMENTS (Miscellaneous)
Evidence Case Dicta - Official Documents
Public Documents Act (Fed)
|||Disputed Writings, Court Procedure [Evidence Act, s.57 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE] [#Fraud]
|||Documents, Where Photographed as Practice [Evidence Act, s.34(1-2,5) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Documents, Impounded in Court [Evidence Act, s.58 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Declaration, Solemn [Evidence Act, s.43 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (including statutes), Admission of [Evidence Act, s.25 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (proclamations etc), Proof of [Evidence Act, s.26 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (Cabinet etc), Admissibility [Evidence Act, s.27 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (Gazette), Proof of [Evidence Act, s.28 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents, Admission of Copies [Evidence Act, s.29 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (Cabinet), Privilege [Evidence Act, s.30 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents (Government Departments and Municipalities), Admission of Copies [Evidence Act, s.31(2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Official Documents, Certified Copies Admissible on Summons; Delivery of Order [Evidence Act, s.54(1-2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Public Documents, Admission of Copies [Evidence Act, s.32(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Public Documents, Fee for Furnishing [Evidence Act, s.32(2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Registered Instruments, Definition [Evidence Act, s.53(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE], RA 1 (Ontario)
|||Registered Instruments, Certified Copies are Proof [Evidence Act, s.53(2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Registered Instruments, Copy Procedure Where Proof of Instruments Required; Where Objection [Evidence Act, s.53(3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Vendor and Purchaser Act s.1 Evidence Dispensed With in Action [Evidence Act, s.59 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Administrative ADR-Conductor Testimony/Document Not Compellable in Tribunal or Civil Proceedings [SPPA 4.9(1) - Mediators, etc., not compellable] [#EVIDENCE] [#ADMINISTRATIVE]
|||Notes and Records of Administrative ADR-Conductor Inadmissible [SPPA 4.9(2) - Evidence in civil proceedings] [#EVIDENCE] [#ADMINISTRATIVE]
|||Destruction of court documents [Courts of Justice Act, s.74 (Ont)] [#EVIDENCE] [#COURTS]

EITHER/OR ADMISSION ERROR
Evidence Case Dicta - Error of Either/Or Admission of Competing Evidence

ELECTRONIC RECORDS
Evidence Case Dicta - Electronic Documents
|||Electronic Records, Definitions [Evidence Act, s.34.1(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Electronic Records, Application of Section 34.1 [Evidence Act, s.34.1(2-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Electronic Records, Authentication Burden of Proof [Evidence Act, s.34.1(4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Electronic Records, Best Evidence Rule and 'Integrity' [Evidence Act, s.34.1(5-11) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

EMBELLISHMENT
Evidence Case Dicta - Embellishment

ESTATES
Estates - Corroboration [LINKED from /Estates]

ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
Evidence Case Dicta - Estoppel Certificate

EVIDENCE ACT (ONTARIO)
|||Evidence Act, Definition [Evidence Act, s.1 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Evidence Act, Application [Evidence Act, s.2 (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

EVIDENCE ACT (CANADA)
Evidence Case Dicta - CEA - Open Court [s.38]
Evidence Case Dicta - CEA - Failure to Testify [s.4(6)]

EXHIBITS
Evidence Case Dicta - Exhibits

EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Extrinsic Evidence

FAILURE TO ADDUCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Failure to Adduce

FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Evidence Case Dicta - Foreign and International Law

FRAUD
Fraud - 'Badges of Fraud' [LINKED from /Fraud]

GATE-KEEPING
Evidence Case Dicta - Gate-Keeping (Judicial and Adjudicator)

HAND-WRITING
Evidence Case Dicta - Hand-writing

HEARSAY
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Basics (+)
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Principled Exception (Necessity and Reliability) (+)
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - State of Mind Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Dying Declaration Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Expressive Conduct Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Statement Against Penal Interest Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Judicial Records Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Past Recollection Recorded Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Co-conspirators Exception (+)
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Documents in Possession Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Party Admission Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Res Gestae Exception
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Public Documents
Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Spontaneous Utterance Exception
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Evidence Case Dicta - Hearsay - Standard of Review (SOR)

HYPOTHETICALS
Evidence Case Dicta - Hypotheticals

IDENTIFICATION
Evidence Case Dicta - Identification (+)

INADVERTENT TAINTING
Evidence Case Dicta - Inadvertent Tainting

INFERENCES
Evidence Case Dicta - Inferences

INHERENTLY INCAPABLE OF PROOF
Evidence Case Dicta - Inherently Incapable of Proof

INTERNET
Evidence Case Dicta - Internet

INTRINSIC
Evidence Case Dicta - Intrinsic

JOURNALISTIC SOURCES
Evidence Case Dicta - Journalistic Sources [CEA 39.1]

JUDICIAL NOTICE
Evidence Case Dicta - Judicial Notice (+)

LAWYER'S FILE
Evidence Case Dicta - Lawyer's File

LETTERS ROGATORY
Evidence Case Dicta - International Letters of Request (Letters Rogatory)
|||Letters Rogatory, Court May Order Procedure [Evidence Act, s.60(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Letters Rogatory, Witness Fees [Evidence Act, s.60(2) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Letters Rogatory, Witness and Production Rights [Evidence Act, s.60(3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Letters Rogatory, Oath Authority [Evidence Act, s.60(4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

LITIGATION DOCUMENTS
Evidence Case Dicta - Litigation Documents

LOST EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Lost Evidence

MATERIALITY
Evidence Case Dicta - Materiality

MEDIA EVIDENCE
Evidence Case Dicta - Media Evidence

MEDICAL REPORTS
Evidence Case Dicta - Medical Reports [EA s.52 (Ont)]
|||Physical or mental examination [Courts of Justice Act, s.105 (Ont)] [#EVIDENCE] [#COURTS]
|||Medical Reports, Definition of 'Practitioner' [Evidence Act, s.52(1) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Medical Reports, Admissible on Ten Days Notice to Other Parties; Entitlement to Copies [Evidence Act, s.52(2-3) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Medical Reports, Absent s.52(2) Notice Practitioner May Not Testify, Unless Court Gives Leave [Evidence Act, s.52(4) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]
|||Medical Reports, Costs Where Practitioner Testifies Unnecessarily [Evidence Act, s.52(5) (Ontario)] [#EVIDENCE]

MOTIVE
Evidence Case Dicta - Motive

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