What is the impact of principled approach to hearsay in medical malpractice cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Insurance Corp. of British Columbia v. Sun, 2003 BCSC 1059 (CanLII):
More recently, the court has described the principled approach to hearsay as having “eclipsed the traditional categorical exceptions to the hearsay rule” (Dr. Q v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, 2003 SCC 19, [2003] S.C.J. No. 18 at para. 23).
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