What is the test for establishing a real and substantial possibility?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Partridge v Buskop, 2019 BCSC 459 (CanLII):

If the plaintiff establishes a real and substantial possibility, the court must weigh the hypothetical or future event according to its relative likelihood: Athey at para. 27; Gao v. Dietrich, 2018 BCCA 372.

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