Back to Burgess: The Impact of the White Burgess Expert Evidence Regime in Alberta Decisions

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW ALBERTA LAW REVIEW Pub Date : 2019-10-02 DOI:10.29173/alr2562
Lisa A. Silver
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The law on the admissibility of expert evidence was refined in the Supreme Court of Canada’s White Burgess decision. While still retaining the Mohan criteria, the Supreme Court further defined the trial judge as an agent of change through an enhanced gatekeeper function. However, all stakeholders in the justice system have a gatekeeper function and must work together when determining the use to be made of evidence. Through surveying Alberta cases involving expert evidence, the author identifies areas where lower courts are applying the new approach and where they do not fully embrace the new approach, but revert back to the traditional Mohan criteria. The author discusses notable themes from recent case law to identify potential future issues involving expert evidence. Although slowly, Alberta courts are applying the new regime, and the focus and direction of expert evidence continue to develop.
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回到伯吉斯:怀特伯吉斯专家证据制度在艾伯塔省决策中的影响
关于专家证据可采性的法律在加拿大最高法院怀特伯吉斯案的判决中得到了完善。在保留莫汉标准的同时,最高法院进一步将初审法官定义为通过增强的看门人功能来推动变革的代理人。然而,司法系统中的所有利益攸关方都有看门人的职能,在确定证据的使用时必须共同努力。通过调查艾伯塔省涉及专家证据的案件,作者确定了下级法院正在应用新方法的领域,以及他们没有完全接受新方法的领域,而是回归到传统的莫汉标准。作者从最近的判例法中讨论了值得注意的主题,以确定涉及专家证据的潜在未来问题。虽然进展缓慢,但阿尔伯塔法院正在应用新制度,专家证据的重点和方向也在继续发展。
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