Is a critical analysis of an opposing expert's methodology admissible?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Luedecke v. Hillman, 2010 BCSC 1538 (CanLII):
In Wright v. Brauer, supra, Savage J., after noting that Henderson J. held that only the portions of the report that provided a critical analysis of the methodology of the opposing expert were admissible, not "the author's own opinions in the matters in issue," went on to conclude as follows at paragraphs 21 to 22:
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