Can a reversal of the burden of proof at the BC Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal result in a decision that is patently unreasonable?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from LaBrie v Liu, 2021 BCSC 2486 (CanLII):

Reversal of the burden of proof can be both procedurally unfair and result in a decision that is patently unreasonable: Gogol v. Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, 2008 BCSC 489 at paras. 22-24.

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