What is the test for a chambers judge to make a preliminary finding in a civil matter?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Munroe v Elisseeva, 2020 BCSC 1952 (CanLII):
It is expected that given the interlocutory nature of the proceeding, the chambers judge will not have fulsome evidence before her, and is expected to make preliminary findings based on the evidence as it then stands: Lit v. Lit, 2018 BCSC 2023 at para 6.
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