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Civil procedure 2025 BCSC 666

Zhang Estate v. Yin

The court dismissed a late application to call three new witnesses at trial, finding unfair prejudice for two known fact witnesses and hearsay concerns for the foreign-lawyer witness.

  • Late witness disclosure
  • Trial management and pre-trial orders
  • Hearsay and principled exception (necessity and reliability)
  • Prejudice from late disclosure
  • Admissibility of foreign investigative material
  • Late-witness-disclosure
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Criminal law 2005 BCSC 1894

R. v. Oliynyk et al.

Voir dire on admissibility of 32 kg of cocaine seized in Oregon. The court found the foreign search lawful and dismissed the defence application to exclude the evidence.

  • Charter s.7
  • Charter s.11(d)
  • Charter s.8
  • Section 24(2)
  • Pretextual stop
  • Canine sniff
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Criminal law 2003 BCSC 1797

HMTQ v. Dorsay

On a voir dire, the court excluded the accused’s statement to a U.S. officer because the interrogation record was unreliable and its admission would make the trial unfair.

  • Confessions
  • Voluntariness
  • Trial fairness
  • Exclusion of evidence
  • Psychotherapist-patient confidentiality
  • Police recordkeeping
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