Does the fact that a complaint may raise issues of credibility in the context of an application to dismiss be grounds for dismissal?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from McIntosh v. City of Vancouver, 2018 BCHRT 132 (CanLII):

The fact that a complaint may raise issues of credibility is not in and of itself a reason to deny an application to dismiss: Evans v. UBC, 2008 BCSC 1026, at para 34.

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