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Jun 6, 2022 · The Supreme Court of Canada decision of R. v. Palmer [1980] 1 SCR 759 (“Palmer”) established the criteria for appellate courts to consider when admitting new evidence on appeal. Since the Palmer criteria was established, Canadian courts have adopted varied approaches when dealing with evidence that had not existed before trial.
new. They have been applied by Canadian courts for decades : … In all such cases, the test for reopening the matter and permitting the calling of new evidence is the same. The moving party must satisfy the Court that the proposed evidence would probably change the result, and that it could not have been discovered by the exercise of due ...
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through experts. All evidence is subject to it being admissible. Admissibility requires adherence to the rules of evidence and the consideration of evidentiary principles. As a general rule, evidence has to be relevant and probative. A relevant matter is one that engages or deals with an issue raised in a proceeding.
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May 30, 2022 · The Appeal Court agreed, characterizing the evidence as “new” since it had not existed at the time of the original trial. In the Appeal Court’s view, this made it not subject to the Palmer test, and was admissible since it established a “significant”, “fundamental” or “pivotal” premise or understanding that the trial court had considered and used in making its ruling on ...
3.5 Introducing fresh or new evidence. In general, you cannot introduce fresh evidence (evidence that existed at the time of your original court proceeding) or new evidence (evidence of matters that occurred after the order you are appealing) at your appeal. You must rely on the evidence that you submitted in the previous proceedings.
General Principles. Where a party closes its case, the party retains a limited right to call more evidence. Reply (or Rebuttal) evidence mostly applies to the Crown authority to call specific evidence anytime after the closing of its case. Where the right to call reply evidence is granted, it is limited to top-specific matters that are ...
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Applications for new evidence (including the new evidence package) are part of the court record and are presumptively accessible by the public unless otherwise ordered by a single judge or a Restricted Court Access Order is obtained under rule 14.83 and rule 6.29. Requests to view the new evidence can bemade in accordance with the Courts'
