What is the business records exception?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ontario v. Rothmans et al., 2011 ONSC 5356 (CanLII):
See R v. Felderhof, 2005 CarswellOnt 4726 (O.C.J.) for a thorough review of the foundation that must be laid to come within the business records exception.
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