What is the test for credibility of a witness testimony?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Jamieson, 2014 BCSC 1192 (CanLII):
In Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398 at para. 187, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296, Dillon J. suggested three of the more key questions judges should consider when determining a witness’s testimony credibility: 1) Standing alone, is the witness’s testimony believable? 2) Does it consist with other witnesses’ testimony and other accepted evidence? 3) Which version of the evidence most consists with what a practical and informed person would readily recognize as reasonable in that place and in those conditions?
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