J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35:3:350-356 (2007)
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The Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Canada
Graham D. Glancy, MB, ChB and
John M. W. Bradford, MB, ChB, DPM
Dr. Glancy is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Bradford is Professor and Head, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Address correspondence to: Graham D. Glancy, MB, ChB, 302 The East Mall, Suite 400, Etobicoke, Ontario M9B 6C7, Canada. E-mail: graham.glancy{at}utoronto.ca
Recent decisions in Canadian Law suggest that it is evolving in a manner heavily influenced by American law. A recent Supreme Court decision uses the framework of prevailing law and superimposes the more stringent criteria enunciated in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. We trace this development, reviewing the intervening cases that have contributed, and conclude with a summary of the law as it stands today.
Copyright © 2007 by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.