Is a prescriber verification letter a business record?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v Attalla, 2015 ONSC 7556 (CanLII):
I have concluded that the prescriber verification letters are not business records contemplated by s. 30 of the Canada Evidence Act, nor are they business records under the common law principles as outlined in Ares v. Venner, supra . They are in simple terms interview statements incorporated into a form letter and signed by the physicians.
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