Can an expert rely on information the expert considers reliable?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hartmann v. McKerness, 2011 BCSC 927 (CanLII):
An expert may rely on information the expert considers reliable. That permits an expert to have recourse to relevant literature in their field of expertise, without a party having to prove in evidence the literature on which the expert relies (Mazur v. Lucas, 2010 BCCA 473 at para. 40).
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