Is hearsay or double-hearsay evidence prejudicial to the applicant's claim against the respondent mother?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chadwick v. Chadwick, 2019 ONSC 3683 (CanLII):
In the circumstances, having regard for the admonition in Hameed v. Hameed, I am not satisfied that the applicant father has established compelling reasons why the impaired probative value of the hearsay or double-hearsay evidence of the statements allegedly communicated by the respondent mother to the maternal grandmother and then to the applicant father can be said to outweigh its prejudicial effect, especially given the manner in which it was surreptitiously obtained.
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