In what circumstances will a medical report be admissible as evidence at a motion?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gannon v. Gannon, 2021 ONSC 7160 (CanLII):
In both J.K.L.D. v. W.J.A., a previous decision of mine, and in LaRoche v. Lynn, and unlike in this case now before me, the reports in issue were medical reports from health care practitioners. The issue in those cases concerned whether the reports were admissible in evidence for use at motions, since they were just attached as exhibits to affidavits, but in an unsworn form.
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