Is a Rule 18A application a trial where the evidence must be based on personal knowledge?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.E.W. v. United Church of Canada, 2005 BCSC 564 (CanLII):
A Rule 18A application is a trial and therefore the evidence must be based on personal knowledge and not upon information and belief. [Sermeno v. Trejo, [2000] B.C.J. No. 1088, 2000 BCSC 846]
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