Is relevance a threshold requirement for the admission of expert evidence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of Owen Sound and Grey County v. A.C., 2005 ONCJ 563 (CanLII):
[25] At paragraph [18] of The Queen v. Mohan, relevance is a threshold requirement for the admission of expert evidence as with all other evidence. Relevance is a matter to be decided by a judge as a question of law.
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