The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Clyde Williams’s appeal from convictions, holding there was no reversible error in admitting or relying on surreptitious recordings.
The court dismissed an application to compel DNA testing in an intestate estate dispute, finding the evidence was uncorroborated and not compelling enough to justify the privacy intrusion.
Intestate succession
Dna testing for parentage
Admissibility of surreptitious recordings
Hearsay evidence
Definition of "child" under succession legislation
La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique a admis un enregistrement clandestin d’une séance de counseling conjugal, laissant la question du poids et de l’usage pour la suite du procès.
The court appointed a litigation guardian for Jonn Morrisonn, allowed discovery, admitted surreptitious recordings, and ordered further document production.
Appointment of litigation guardian
Medical/independent medical examination (ime)
Testimonial competence and leave to examine
Admissibility of surreptitious recordings
Document production and third‑party production
Video recording and limits on examination duration
The court barred the plaintiff from using surreptitious audio recordings of two IMEs, finding late disclosure under Rule 7-1 and inadmissibility under Rule 7-6.
The court dismissed a family-law claim for spousal support and enforcement of a religious marriage contract, and excluded a surreptitious recording as unreliable.
The court admitted the challenged transcripts as an exceptional circumstance where probative value outweighed policy concerns; maintained joint custody with mother as primary day‑to‑day caregiver; ordered specified unsupervised parenting time for the father (every second weekend and additional provisions), prohibited any contact between T.M. and the children pending her completion of counselling/education, ordered the father to undergo parenting counselling/education, set child support at $1,571/month and scheduled a review of parenting/contact in four months.
The court refused to admit a late-disclosed recording, transcript and translation, finding prejudice to the claimant, no reasonable excuse, and low probative value.
Family law trial on parenting time, support, and family debt. The court admitted a late cell-phone recording, ordered equal parenting time, and set child and spousal support.