What is the test for cross examination in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Phillips and Phillips, 2016 ONCJ 705 (CanLII):
[65] There is another factor that comes into play here: the Rule in Browne v. Dunn. This rule applies when one of the parties intends to contradict something said in the testimony of a witness by evidence to be given by a subsequent witness. The party intending to enter such evidence must put the contradictory evidence to the other party’s witness in cross examination, to allow him or her the opportunity to provide an explanation. [Browne v. Dunn (18930, 6. R. 67 (U.K.H.L.)]
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