What is the test for determining the truth of a witness testimony?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jajcaj v Bevans, 2021 BCSC 834 (CanLII):
As noted in Faryna v. Chorny, 1951 CanLII 252 (BC CA), [1952] 2 D.L.R. 354 (B.C.C.A.) [Faryna], the test of the truth of the testimony of a witness is that the testimony must be in “harmony with the preponderance of the probabilities which a practical and informed person would readily recognize as reasonable in that place and in those conditions”.
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