What is the test for rebutting a statutory presumption?

Northwest Territories, Canada


The following excerpt is from Elleze v Norn, 2020 NWTSC 3 (CanLII):

A party with the onus of rebutting a statutory presumption must prove the existence or non-existence of the presumed fact to a balance of probabilities: Humphreys v. Trebilcock, 2017 ABCA 116.

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