How much deference is paid to the decision of the trial judge?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zhang v Zhou, 2021 BCSC 1897 (CanLII):
The reason that such deference is paid to the decision of the trial judge is because the trial judge benefits from hearing the testimony in person, has much greater exposure to the evidence and as a result is more familiar with the case as a whole, and is better able to assess the credibility of witnesses than is a judge sitting on appeal: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235.
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