What is the impact of the reliability of evidence given in a civil trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Elima v Dhaliwal, 2017 BCSC 1922 (CanLII):
There were, however, significant concerns over the reliability of the evidence of the individuals who gave evidence. To some extent this is unremarkable. In Vapheas v. Madden, 2014 BCSC 138 Madam Justice Adair observed:
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