In general in family law cases secretely recorded conversations should be excluded from evidence

Sordi v. Sordi, 2011 ONCA 665 is an interesting decision of the Court of Appeal suggesting there is a general principle that in family law cases secretly recorded conversations should be excluded:

[12] With respect to the taped conversations, the trial judge relied on solid principles that took into account not only the sound public policy of trying to discourage the use of secretly recorded conversations in family proceedings but also his assessment of the probative value of the tapes in relation to the issues before him.