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Updated: SCC adopts restrictive hearsay test for threshold reliability

Thursday, June 29, 2017 @ 11:49 AM | By Cristin Schmitz

The Supreme Court has adopted a restrictive approach to the hearsay test for threshold reliability in a 5-2 decision that affirms a new trial for a B.C. man convicted of two...

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