What is the current state of the law relating to credibility and reliability of witnesses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nagaria v Dhaliwal, 2018 BCSC 569 (CanLII):
The recent case of Julian v. Joyce, 2016 BCSC 1417, aff’d 2017 BCCA 217 provides an accurate primer on the law relating to the credibility and reliability of witnesses at paras. 35-36:
In order to assess the evidence, I must consider the credibility and reliability of the witnesses. The factors to be considered when assessing credibility were summarized in Hardychuk v. Johnstone, 2012 BCSC 1359 (citing Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398):
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