Can a party read in evidence in their own case against an adverse party?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Austin v. Bubela, 2011 ONSC 3287 (CanLII):
While the Rules of Civil Procedure allow a party to read in evidence as part of his or her own case against an adverse party, I cannot conclude that this procedural step overrides the substantive legal rule in Browne v. Dunn.
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