What is the test for determining causation?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from White v. Bysterveld, 2016 BCSC 1952 (CanLII):

In determining causation, I have also considered that caution is required before drawing any inference that because one event follows another in time, the first event is the cause of the second: White v. Stonestreet, 2006 BCSC 801 at paras. 70-74. Discussion and Findings on Causation

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