What is the test for expert opinion evidence in a personal injury case?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hynes v. Western Regional Health Authority, 2018 NLSC 164 (CanLII):
Expert opinion evidence is admissible if it meets the four criteria set out at paragraph 17 of R v. Mohan, 1994 CanLII 80 (SCC), [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9: • logically relevant; • necessary to assist the trier of fact; • absence of any exclusionary rule; and • properly qualified expert (includes requirement that the expert be impartial, independent and unbiased).
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