Does common law admissibility of declarations made in the course of duty?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mohamed v. Intransit BC Limited Partnership, 2015 BCSC 1300 (CanLII):
The motivation and underlying basis for the common-law admissibility of business records and declarations made in the course of duty are similar, but not identical, to those underlying the statutory business record provisions of the Evidence Act that I have already addressed; Ares at 626; Desharnais v. Parkhurst, 2013 BCCA 113 at para. 93.
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