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No Evidence? No Problem! Ontario Courts Relax Sanctions On Plaintiffs Disposing Of Evidence A pair of Ontario cases over the last two years, though, have added some nuance – and introduced some difficulties – to that general principle. In *Stilwell v. World Kitchen Inc*., 2013 ONSC 3354, the plaintiff sustained grave injuries when the cookware he was washing shattered in his hands. The plaintiff told his wife that he did not want to see the item in the house when he returned from the hospital, and so she threw the debris in the garbage. Although the wife sent an angry letter to the defendant manufacturer within weeks of the accident, litigation did not commence for another 16 months. http://bit.ly/1qHIE9U Source: http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/322596/trials+appeals+compensation/No+Evidence+No+Problem+Ontario+Courts+Relax+Sanctions+On+Plaintiffs+Disposing+Of+Evidence See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/1qHIE9U+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: https://bitly.com/pages/sidebar To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]