Chapter 12

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1. Solicitor-client privilege does not extend to communications with a private investigator hired by a lawyer.

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2. Spousal privilege is that of the person making the communication, and it ends with the marriage.

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3. Case-by-case privilege involves the presumption that there is no privilege unless it can be established using Wigmore's criteria.

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4. The police informer privilege belongs to the police and is designed to assist them in protecting citizens who assist in law enforcement and to encourage others to provide such assistance.

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5. In explaining why he or she made an arrest, a police officer cannot repeat information that he or she received from a witness. Such evidence by the police officer would be hearsay.

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6. Hearsay evidence may be admissible at a trial if it meets the requirements of necessity and reliability.

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7. There are exceptions to the general rule that the Crown cannot introduce evidence of the accused's bad character.

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8. A criminal record, by itself, is sufficient to discredit a witness.

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9. Prior consistent statements are hearsay; however, they may be introduced not for the truth of their contents, but to explain the narrative of a crime.

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10. Similar fact evidence can be used to imply that the accused is guilty because he or she is the sort of person who is likely to commit the offences in question.

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