What is the test for making a decision in favour of one of the accepted school of thought over another?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from O’Connor v Wambera, 2018 BCSC 886 (CanLII):

One cannot retrospectively prefer one accepted school of thought over another. In Fairley v. Waterman, et al, 2002 BCSC 10 at paras. 11 and 42, Mr. Justice Wong stated that:

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