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| Patrick Ducharme |
Similarly, use of business records requires that the record shall not be admitted into evidence unless the party producing the record or affidavit has at least seven days before its production, given notice of the intention to produce it to each other party, and has, within five days after receiving a notice produced it for inspection by that party unless the court orders otherwise.1 It is safe to say therefore that reasonable notice is usually somewhere between seven days and thirty days prior to the event to which the notice applies. And notice requirements may always be abridged in the discretion of the trial Judge or presiding Justice based upon reasonable grounds presented to the court.
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