Much has been written about the potential dangers of opinion evidence contaminating the fact finding process, and this commentary generally emerges in the civil litigation or criminal law context where the issues are typically narrow and findings of fact often relate only to a single individual. (ruleoflaw.ca)
Digital Evidence in Criminal Law is hot off the presses — the first in Canada to deal with digital evidence in a criminal law context. (slaw.ca)
Indeed, the optimal arrangement would see paralegals and lawyers working alongside one another, making referrals and consulting as necessary, or in interdisciplinary teams (such as those LAO has recently developed in the criminal law context). (slaw.ca)