What is the difference between an agreement to forbear and a written acknowledgement of a debt?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kang v Kang, 2021 BCSC 2477 (CanLII):
I conclude that agreements to forbear and mere acknowledgments of debts are two different things. I say this because in Rosas there was similarly no writing that acknowledged the debt, which the former Limitation Act required. The absence of any writing is apparent from the trial judgment in that case (Rosas v. Toca, 2016 BCSC 1754):
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