What is the impact of inadmissible evidence in an affidavit?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Tasci (Re), 2020 BCSC 1438 (CanLII):

However, notwithstanding a proliferation of inadmissible evidence in affidavits, problems associated with such affidavits are usually addressed by the practicalities and exigencies of decision making by giving offending evidence no weight. See: McMahon v. Harper, 2017 BCSC 2328 [McMahon].

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