What is the likelihood of substantial success in a personal injury action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boretta v. Boretta, 2012 BCSC 962 (CanLII):
At para. 31 he went on to say that based on Fotheringham v. Fotheringham, 2001 BCSC 1321, substantial success would be 75% or better, to be determined by the trial judge looking at the disputed matters globally and weighing their relative importance to the parties.
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