Is there any case law where a trial judge made a finding of fact based on a synthesis of ordinary and expert evidence?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Freyberg v. Fletcher Challenge Oil and Gas Inc., 2005 ABCA 46 (CanLII):
The trial judge made a number of findings of fact based on a synthesis of the ordinary and expert evidence. Those findings are entitled to a high degree of deference. We should not interfere with them unless the appellant has demonstrated the trial judge made an obvious and material error in arriving at them: Housen v. Nikolaisen.
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