Intro to Canadian legal system – Pt.2 Adversarial trial system - Procedure where contestants seek to establish throught the relevant supporting evidence, before an impartial trier of facts or happenings which form the bases of their allegations o This is not a scientific inquiry Leave it up to the parties on what investigations and evidence to bring forward The defendant and plaintiff have the greatest interest/ability to bring forward relevant information o Decision is based on this information alone o Judge is a neutral arbiter o Distinguished from the inquisitorial system used in the U.S -