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disclosure is for the purpose of giving evidence

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read December 3, 2014

Supreme Court recalls broad principles regarding the disclosure of evidence held by a third party in Quebec civil law

By Martin F. Sheehan and Nikolas Blanchette
The civil law has recognized for some time that a party to a telephone conversation can record the conversation and use it in connection with civil litigation unless the use of such evidence would tend to bring the administration of justice into disrepute [1]. It is also recognized that a party cannot intercept a private communication between third parties and use it as evidence before the court[2].
What if a conversation between third parties is recorded by the police as part of a criminal investigation? Can a party to a civil dispute request the disclosure of such recordings and use them as evidence? The Supreme Court of Canada partially answers this question in Imperial Oil v. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66.

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