Does the absence of the Pao On evidentiary factors determine whether the issue of duress is an evidentiary issue?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dairy Queen Canada, Inc. v. M.Y. Sundae Inc., 2017 BCCA 442 (CanLII):

While the presence or absence of the Pao On evidentiary factors is not determinative of the issue of duress (Bell v. Levy, 2011 BCCA 417 at para. 83), the factors are useful in illustrating the kind of considerations that go into the analysis.

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