What are the preconditions for admitting records as business records under common law or statute?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Desharnais v. Parkhurst and Romanowski, 2013 BCCA 113 (CanLII):
In those circumstances, it seems to me that counsel seeking to admit the records as business records under common law or statute would have to tender proof of the preconditions for admissibility: Cunningham v. Slubowski, 2003 BCSC 1854. This was not done here.
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