What is the impact of unnecessary duplication of expert testimony?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boyd et al v. Edington et al, 2013 CanLII 13329 (ON SC):
I agree with the comments of Ferguson J. in Gorman v. Powell 2006 CarswellOnt. 6536 (Sup. Ct.) at para. 14, that unnecessary duplication of expert witnesses: … is expensive not just in terms of trial time – for all concerned including any jury – but also encourages the incurring of expense before trial by way of paying multiple experts. Longer trials caused by calling unnecessary experts use up scarce resources […] Conclusion
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