Can an adjudicator make credibility findings?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sayami v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2016 BCSC 451 (CanLII):
In Whyte v. British Columbia, 2013 BCCA 454, the court noted that while an adjudicator may make credibility findings, a reviewing court is entitled to “interfere if the route to a decision is demonstrably unreasonable”.
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