What factors are considered by the courts in assessing credibility?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chaudhry v Henville, 2021 BCSC 2318 (CanLII):
The factors to be considered when assessing credibility were summarized in Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398, at para. 186, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296, where it was stated that the overriding consideration is whether the evidence is consistent with the probabilities affecting the case as a whole and shown to be in existence at the time:
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