What is the current state of the law in the closing arguments of a civil case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McBryde v. Womack, 2013 BCCA 260 (CanLII):
The authorities are clear that counsel are afforded greater latitude in their closing arguments than they are permitted in their opening statements. In their closing arguments, counsel are permitted to state their client’s positions as forcefully as the evidence reasonably permits: Cahoon at para. 18, and Cleeve v. Gregerson, 2009 BCCA 2 at para. 49.
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