What is the impact of requiring an expert report to be admitted as a matter of course in a medical malpractice case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ganges Kangro Properties Ltd. v. Shepard, 2013 BCSC 2536 (CanLII):
The suggestion that all expert reports should be admitted as a matter of course is not advisable. It wastes both time and resources and adds stress to an already over-burdened justice system: Johnson v. Milton (Town), 2008 ONCA 440.
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