Introducing Evidence at Trial - Second Edition

Handle evidence confidently!

This publication is essential for: all litigators!

Current to: September 1, 2012 

Introducing Evidence at Trial: A British Columbia Handbook is the practice-oriented guide for British Columbia litigators dealing with evidence in civil or criminal trials. Written and reviewed by a team of esteemed judges and litigators, this resource is your partner in practice. 

This resource gives you quick access to:

• "how to" advice through succinct statements of legal principles, organized by type of evidence or procedure
• practice tips
• checklists of key considerations and procedures
• sample scripts

Online access conveniently places this resource at your fingertips and is fully searchable with links to the full text of case law and legislation.

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Highlights of the second edition:

• all commentary and practice points in the book are current to September 1, 2012
• discussion of numerous decisions on evidence from the British Columbia Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada decided since the original edition of this book (2007)
• consolidation of the full text of the Canada Evidence Act and the British Columbia Evidence Act

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CLEBC Legal Editor
Laura C. Selby
lselby@cle.bc.ca

1. The Basic Concepts of the Law of Evidence
2. Admissions Dispensing with Proof
3. Adverse/Hostile Witnesses
4. Adverse Inferences
5. Certificate Evidence
6. Child Witnesses
7. Collateral Facts Rule
8. Confessions
9. Documentary Evidence
10. Hearsay Evidence
11. Interpreters
12. Judicial Notice
13. Opinion Evidence
14. Post-occurrence or Post-offence Conduct
15. Prior Convictions
16. Privilege
17. Real and Demonstrative Evidence
18. Reply Evidence
19. Similar Fact Evidence
20. Statements—General Overview
21. Statements—Prior Consistent
22. Statements—Prior Identification
23. Statements—Prior Inconsistent
24. Statements—Refreshing Memory and Past Recollection Recorded
25. Subpoenas
26. Views
27. Voir Dires
28. Wiretap

Legislation

Tables

Index

Features

• an overview chapter of basic evidentiary principles
• concise statements of legal principles
• practice tips for counsel, sample scripts, and checklists  
• further reading in many chapters for other helpful resources
• Canada Evidence Act and British Columbia Evidence Act for ready access to key sections
• useful finding tools, including extensive cross-referencing, tables of cases, statutes, and references, and an index
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law (NEW!) 

Authors
Mary T. Ainslie, QC — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals & Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Mike J. Brundrett — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals & Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
J. Andrew Cochrane — Crown Counsel, Vancouver
The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
M. Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten, QC — Crown Counsel, Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of Justice, Victoria
Dr. Carol L. Fleischhaker — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals & Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Richard S. Fowler — Fowler and Smith, Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Victoria Gray — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Susan A. Griffin — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
John D. Hempstead — Crown Counsel, Chilliwack
Oleh S. Kuzma, QC — Regional Crown Counsel, Prince George
The Honourable Mr. Justice Malcolm D. Macaulay — Supreme Court of BC, Victoria
James C. MacInnis — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Beverly A. MacLean — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals & Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Miriam A. Maisonville — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law Corp., Vancouver
Caroline E. Richardson — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals & Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Darrell W. Roberts, QC — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
The Honourable Mr. Justice Terence Schultes — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Matthew G. Scott — Martland & Saulnier, Vancouver
K. Michael Stephens — Hunter Litigation Chambers, Vancouver