What is the effect of the hearsay rule and its numerous exceptions?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Khan v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1990 CanLII 7943 (ON SCDC):
In 1967, Lord Diplock, in commenting upon the hearsay rule and its numerous exceptions, said (Jones v. Metcalfe, [1967] 1 W.L.R. 1286 (Q.B.D.) at p. 1290): "... this is a branch of the law which has little to do with common sense".
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