| Legally privileged information obtained by a source is extremely unlikely ever to be admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings. |
| It is likely that the court will accept that this evidence is admissible, since the strict common law rule is generally ignored. |
| In China, private detectives are not allowed to testify in court, and tape-recorded evidence is not admissible. |
| That being so, the finding by the trial judge that the accused was guilty of the offence was not supported by admissible evidence. |
| They enable the court to control the evidence by excluding evidence otherwise admissible and limiting cross-examination. |
| For the Crown it is argued that this evidence was admissible but not as evidence of similar facts. |
