This is the ninth edition of Evidence: Principles and Problems, a leading casebook on Canadian evidence law. Combining text and excerpts from leading cases with commentary and thought-provoking problem scenarios, the work continues to be a comprehensive resource on the law of evidence for both students and practitioners.

Noteworthy features of this edition include:

• The text of more than 30 new cases, including leading civil cases and tribunal decisions


• Significant Supreme Court rulings : F.H. v. McDougall (same balance of probabilities standard applying to all civil cases); S.(J.H.) (W.D. standard for reasonable doubt criticised and not to be used as magical incantation); Stirling, Ellard and Dinardo (prior consistent statements); Khela (requirements of Vetrovec warning); Blackman and Devine (new applications of principled approach to hearsay); Couture (spousal incompetence and hearsay); Singh (right to silence subsumed by voluntary confessions rule); Blood Tribe, Goodis and Pritchard (solicitor-client privilege); Blank (litigation privilege); and Named Person (informer privilege)


• Blockbuster Ontario Court of Appeal decision in R. v. Abbey (new approach to expert evidence)

Ron Delisle, B.Sc., LL.B., LL.M., is a Professor Emeritus of Law at Queen's University. A former Ontario provincial court judge, he is the co-author of Evidence: Principles and Problems, Canadian Evidence Law in a Nutshell, 3nd Ed. 2010 , Learning Canadian Criminal Law, 11th Ed. 2009 (Carswell), and Learning Canadian Criminal Procedure, 9th Ed. 2010 (Carswell).

Don Stuart is Professor of Law at Queen's University . He is Editor-in-Chief of the Criminal Reports (Carswell) and of the National Judicial Institute, Criminal Law Essentials eletter. He is author of Canadian Criminal Law: A Treatise, 5th ed. (Carswell 2007) and Charter Justice in Canadian Criminal Law, 5th ed. (Carswell, 2010).and co-author of Learning Canadian Criminal Law , 11th ed. (Carswell, 2009) and Evidence: Principles and Problems, 9th ed. (Carswell, 2010)

David M. Tanovich, B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M., is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Windsor, where he teaches in the areas of criminal law and procedure, systemic racism, evidence, and legal ethics. He was formerly appellate counsel with Pinkofsky Lockyer in Toronto. An LL.M. graduate of the New York University School of Law, Mr. Tanovich is an Associate Editor of the Criminal Reports (law report series) and the co-author of the Annual Review of Criminal Law 2003 (Carswell).