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When someone prefaces a story he is about to tell you by saying, “This is hearsay, but…,” you know that it may not be totally true. In fact, it may be completely false.
The same is true in law. “Hearsay testimony” and “hearsay evidence,” refer to information provided to a court by witnesses who are passing on information based on what others have told them and is therefore of questionable accuracy. Due to its untrustworthy nature, coupled with the fact that the source of the hearsay evidence cannot be cross-examined, hearsay testimony is generally inadmissible in Canadian courts. Continue reading “Hearsay: Dealing With Second-Hand Information”