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Evidence 2023 BCSC 816

Lundgren v. Taylor

The court held Dr. Hawkeswood’s expert report was admissible with limited redactions, finding it did not improperly assess credibility or show bias.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Mohan criteria
  • Gatekeeping
  • Expert impartiality and duty to the court
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Causation
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Evidence 2021 BCSC 232

Javorovic v. Booth

Chambers ruling on expert report admissibility: most objections to a responding occupational therapy expert report were dismissed, with two sentences struck as advocacy.

  • Admissibility of expert reports
  • Scope of responsive expert evidence
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Causation
  • Future care assessments
  • Expert-evidence
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Evidence 2020 BCSC 531

Whaley v. Bryant

The court admitted the defendants’ expert report subject to redactions, finding no realistic concern of bias but removing credibility, irrelevant history, and prejudicial passages.

  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Bias and independence of expert witnesses
  • Gatekeeping (mohan/white burgess)
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Expert-evidence-admissibility
  • Bias-of-expert-witnesses
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Evidence 2019 BCSC 2361

Hauk v. Shatzko

The court admitted a defence occupational therapist report in part, but ordered redaction of passages that were argumentative, credibility-based, or outside expertise.

  • Admissibility of expert report
  • Mohan criteria
  • White burgess principles
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Expert bias and credibility
  • Expert-evidence
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Evidence 2016 BCSC 1244

Anderson v. Pieters

The court held that an optometrist’s reports on brain injury exceeded the admissible scope of expertise and excluded Dr. Sass’s opinions entirely.

  • Expert admissibility
  • Scope of practice
  • Mohan criteria
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Neuro-optometry
  • Prejudice from late opinions
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Medical negligence 2013 BCSC 951

Friebel v. Omelchenko

On voir dire, the court qualified a pharmacology expert on drug effects and dosage, but barred opinions on outpatient alcohol-withdrawal management, amnesia diagnosis, and automatism.

  • Expert qualification
  • Scope of expert testimony
  • Standard of care in outpatient alcohol withdrawal
  • Automatism
  • Amnesia
  • Redaction of expert reports
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Evidence 2006 BCSC 2013

International Hi-Tech Industries Inc. v. FANUC Robotics Canada Ltd.

The court held one expert letter inadmissible and allowed two reports only after redactions, finding they contained improper factual findings and argument.

  • Admissibility of expert reports
  • Scope of expert opinion
  • Conflict of interest
  • Redaction of expert reports
  • Expert-evidence
  • Admissibility
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