Is a statement containing all facts necessary to support an opinion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacEachern v. Rennie, 2009 BCSC 941 (CanLII):
In Rowe v. Bobell Express Ltd. et al, 2003 BCSC 472, Lowry J. wrote at paragraph 11: The statement must, however, contain the facts and assumptions on which the opinion is based. As I have said before, it is my view that the statement should set out all of the facts necessary to the opinion, but only those facts ...
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