What is the test for establishing that a claim can be brought against a defendant who has never been found guilty of any criminal offence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Leonard v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 2016 BCSC 534 (CanLII):

It is submitted the plaintiffs only need to “provide some basis in fact to think that there is some method to do so”. (AIC Limited v. Fischer, 2013 SCC 69).

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