What is the case law on the exclusion of evidence of sexual assault and sexual assault in criminal proceedings?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Austin v. Lynch, 2016 BCSC 1344 (CanLII):
Mr. Justice Slatter, as he then was, in Robertson v. Edmonton (City) Police Service (#11), 2005 ABQB 499, explained the rationale for excluding such evidence as follows:
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