What is the difference between credibility and reliability in evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McCormick v Bowen, 2021 BCSC 176 (CanLII):
Credibility and reliability are different concepts. Credibility has to do with a witness’s veracity, whereas reliability has to do with their ability to accurately observe, recall and recount events in issue. A witness whose evidence on an issue is not credible cannot give reliable evidence on that point. However, a witness’s evidence on a point may be credible yet not reliable: see Radacina v. Aquino, 2020 BCSC 1143 at paras. 94–95.
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