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ARTICLE · 14 AUGUST 2017

Take Your Best Shot – Pictures As Evidence

You have a problem and you've talked to your legal representative. You promised to send them some pictures… Here are 3 things you should know.

CanadaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration

You have a problem and you've talked to your legal representative. You promised to send them some pictures... Here are 3 things you should know.

1. Who took the picture? To make the best use of your pictures, make sure you know who took the pictures, and that they know where and when the pictures were taken.

Some pictures will only ever be used to help your legal team understand what you are talking about. But if you need to present your side of the story to anyone else, for example, an inspector, a ministry investigator, a director, a tribunal adjudicator, a justice of the peace, or a judge ('decision maker'), then your pictures need to be "proved" or verified by the person who took them.  Often that person is you, but if it's not, then the person who took the pictures could be asked to make a sworn statement regarding the pictures, generally covering who, what, where, when, and possibly, why and how.

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