What is the test for assessing the credibility of a witness in a sexual assault case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kope v Tse, 2019 BCSC 1197 (CanLII):
In assessing the credibility of the witnesses, the court takes a number of factors into consideration. Justice Dillon summarized the factors in Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398 at para. 186, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296, as follows:
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