What is the test for cross-examining in a personal injury case?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hronopoulos v. Hronopoulos, 1939 CanLII 168 (SK QB):
As to matters relevant to any proposition which is material to the case, the cross-examining party is not confined to matters already dealt with in the direct examination, but may elicit the witness’ knowledge as to other relevant facts which constitute part of the cross-examining party’s own case: Lamb v. Ward (1859) 18 U.C.Q.B. 304, at 309.
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