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Niego v Baker Lake (Hamlet) v Utanaaq

Court Supreme Court
Date 1986-08-08
File numbers SC 6107
Judge(s) Marshall
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
R. v. Northern Electric Co. Ltd. (1955), 3 C.C.C. 241
R. v. Aickless, 1 Leach Cr. L. 3d, 436 (1785)
Sturla v. Freccia (1880), 5 App. Cas. 623;
Ioannou et al. v. Demetriou et al (1952) A.C. 84 (H. of L.);
R. v. Kaipiainen (1954), O.R. 43.

Statutes considered:
Fatal Accidents Ordinance, R.O.N.W.T., 1974;
Evidence Ordinance, R.O.N.W.T., 1974, VOL. 1, C. E-4.
Decision information:

Abstract: Interlocutory application seeking to introduce government documents in evidence in the course of a civil trial.
Decision: Application allowed - Documents sought to be received were prepared by public servants for a public purpose open to scrutiny and criticism - No reason for requiring express statutory authority for their production.
Subjects: Evidence (Civil) - Documents - Admissibility of secondary evidence - Public or official documents

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