What is the legal test for credibility and reliability of evidence in a personal injury trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wang v Laura W. Zhao Personal Real Estate Corporation, 2019 BCSC 1624 (CanLII):
The strength of the parties’ arguments turns largely on the credibility and reliability of their respective evidence. The proper approach to these issues was summarized by Madam Justice Dillon in Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296, as follows:
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