If a plaintiff alleges an oral agreement, can they prove the agreement by any relevant evidence?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Semeniuk v. Semeniuk and Semeniuk Estate et al., 1986 CanLII 3380 (SK QB):
I need only refer to the remarks of Lord Simon, in the leading case of Steadman v. Steadman, [1974] 2 All E.R. 977, where he says at p. 1002: “A plaintiff alleges an oral agreement. If the defendant does not plead the statute, the plaintiff may prove the agreement by any relevant evidence including oral testimony.”
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