Knowledge base https://wiki.apstrom.ca/ 2026-05-19T05:35:33+00:00 https://wiki.apstrom.ca/ https://wiki.apstrom.ca/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-03-11T19:54:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.apstrom.ca/firm:law:court-procedure:experts?rev=1741722893&do=diff Expert witnesses and expert evidence An expert witness is required in civil proceedings when a court, whether composed of a judge alone or a judge and jury, cannot determine an issue of fact without additional technical expertise. When an expert is engaged by a party, they owe a duty foremost to the Court to provide an impartial professional opinion regarding the subject for which they were engaged. text/html 2024-07-24T03:13:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.apstrom.ca/firm:law:court-procedure:rule-25-11?rev=1721790819&do=diff Amending pleadings and documents Rule 25.11 Pleadings Foley v. Victoria Hospital London Health Sciences Centre, 2023 ONSC 7155 Para. 43: Leave to amend a claim should be denied only in the clearest of cases (South Holly Holdings Ltd. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2007 ONCA 456, at text/html 2024-07-24T03:14:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.apstrom.ca/firm:law:court-procedure:solicitor-client?rev=1721790846&do=diff The solcitior-client relationship Rule 15 of the Rules of Civil Procedure contains some reference to the solicitor-client relationship when it speaks of the lawyer of record. In short, a lawyer of record is the lawyer with carriage of the proceeding and ultimate responsibility for its conduct on behalf of the client. In this firm, we continue to refer to this official as a text/html 2024-07-26T15:31:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.apstrom.ca/firm:law:court-procedure:solicitor-duty?rev=1722007881&do=diff The solicitor's duty to the courts This section contains case summaries and observations regarding a solicitor's duty to the courts. The section highlights the courts' view of a solicitor's duty, not the Law Society's. The Law Society's view of the solicitor's duty to the courts and the profession more generally may be found in the