In what circumstances will counsel representing two police officers be disqualified from cross-examination at an inquest?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kadri v. Windsor Regional Hospital, 2019 ONSC 5427 (CanLII):
In Minty v. Lucas, 2014 ONSC 3169 (Div. Ct.), an application for judicial review was made of an interlocutory ruling by a coroner relating to the scope of cross-examination that would be permitted of two police officers to be called as witnesses at the inquest. A companion motion was brought before the corner seeking a ruling that if the cross-examination requested was permitted, counsel representing the officers at the inquest should be disqualified for conflict of interest. In light of the ruling made by the corner as to the scope of cross-examination permitted, he did not rule on the motion to disqualify counsel as it appeared to be moot.
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