What is the test for admitting opinion evidence at a trial where there are not enough experts?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Her Majesty the Queen v. Shafia, 2012 ONSC 1538 (CanLII):
It was proposed that the opinion evidence should not be admitted because there were not enough experts on the subject. The reason for this criterion is to allow counsel for the defence to dispute or verify the opinions expressed by a given expert. R v. Melaragni [1992] O.J. No. 4176
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