Tribunal sets procedural rules for expert evidence and documents, and denies applicant's request to call reply evidence.
In an application challenging the constitutionality of section 10(5) of the Coroners Act for not mandating inquests into the deaths of migrant farm workers, the adjudicator issued interim procedural rulings.
The adjudicator ruled that expert witnesses would affirm their reports without a prior voir dire, with qualifications and weight to be argued in final submissions.
The adjudicator also admitted document briefs into evidence without requiring witnesses to formally identify each document.
Finally, the adjudicator denied the applicant's request to call reply evidence regarding the causes of heart attacks among migrant workers, finding that such evidence should have been led in the case in chief.
Peart v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services), 2013 HRTO 853
