What is the role of evidence at a certification hearing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Monaco v. City of Coquitlam, 2014 BCSC 2090 (CanLII):
The role of evidence at the certification hearing is confined to a burden on the plaintiff to adduce “some basis in fact” evidence in support of each of the requirements of certification under section 4 of the CPA except s. 4 (1)(a): Watson v. Bank of America Corporation, 2014 BCSC 532 (“Watson”) at paras. 61-71.
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