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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