Civil Evidence Handbook

This quick and succinct reference to evidentiary matters includes the Evidence Acts from all common law provinces, as well as the Canada Evidence Act and a concordance to these acts. Color-coded tabs conveniently direct the user to the topics covered, including admissibility, relevance, burden of proof, presumption, judicial notice, competence and compellability, pleadings, interpreters, examination-in-chief, impeaching your own witness, cross-examination, experts (opinion evidence), parole evidence rule, hearsay, exceptions to the hearsay rule, and demonstrative evidence.