What is the burden of making a claim against a party?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dzafic v. Edmonds Place Housing Co-operative, 2017 BCHRT 58 (CanLII):

The burden is not on the complainant to establish a reasonable prospect of success. Rather, the burden is on the respondent to establish that there is no reasonable prospect that the complaint will succeed: Stonehouse v. Elk Valley Coal (No. 2) 2007 BCHRT 305.

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