What is the legal test for bringing fresh evidence into the hearing of an appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Ubhi, 1992 CanLII 630 (BC CA):
7 Since Stolar v. The Queen (1988) 1988 CanLII 65 (SCC), 1 S.C.R. 480, applications for the introduction of fresh evidence on the hearing of an appeal are heard not by a chambers judge, but by the panel hearing the appeal.
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