What is the impact of an expert's adoption of another expert’s report?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Krishnan v Jamieson Laboratories Inc., 2021 BCSC 1396 (CanLII):
In West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 730 at paras. 180-185, the court commented on an expert’s adoption of another expert’s report:
"The most advanced legal research software ever built."
The above passage should not be considered legal advice. Reliable answers to complex legal questions require comprehensive research memos. To learn more visit www.alexi.com.
Other Questions
Does the late filing of an expert report under the BCSC's Disjunctive Expert Report Rule permit late filing? (British Columbia, Canada)
Can an applicant and respondent at a summary trial rely on expert reports, examinations for discovery, interrogatories, use of admissions, and expert reports? (British Columbia, Canada)
Does a defendant have to match expert for expert and report for report? (British Columbia, Canada)
What is the impact of requiring an expert report to be admitted as a matter of course in a medical malpractice case? (British Columbia, Canada)
Is a German adoption in 1951 not an adoption as recognized or contemplated by either the 1979 or the 1986 Adoption Acts? (British Columbia, Canada)
Can the requirement to deliver an expert report within 84 days (or a response report in 42 days) be dispensed with? (British Columbia, Canada)
In an expert report on the anatomy of the brain, is the expert relying on common practice or treatises? (British Columbia, Canada)
What is the evidentiary threshold for an order under Rule 7-6(1) to contemplation of an expert's report? (British Columbia, Canada)
What is the impact of relying upon details of the mechanism of injury in a medical report? (British Columbia, Canada)
What is the impact of media reporting of some of the Deceased’s statements? (British Columbia, Canada)
