Is there any case law where the presumption is to be overborne only by evidence excluding reasonable doubt?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bauman v. Kovacs, 1989 CanLII 2669 (BC SC):

Kellock J., who also gave reasons in Welstead v. Brown, stated at p. 483: … the presumption is to be overborne only by evidence excluding reasonable doubt.

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