What is the impact of expert opinion on the trier of fact?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miller v Miller, 2019 NSSC 28 (CanLII):
In addition, the closer expert opinion gets to the ultimate issue, the less reliant, I as trier of fact, should place upon expert opinion (see R v. Mohan 1994 CanLII 80 (SCC), [1994] 2 SCR, 9).
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