Does the credibility of witnesses matter?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sharma v Bhullar, 2020 BCSC 379 (CanLII):
In Bradley v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296, leave ref’d [2012] SCCA No. 392, Madam Justice Dillon made the following observations regarding the credibility of witnesses, at para. 186:
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