What is the test for a cause of action where the evidence is limited to circumstantial evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Laktin v. Vancouver (City), 2013 BCSC 2270 (CanLII):
As Mr. Justice Cullen, as he then was, explained in Maughan v. UBC, 2008 BCSC 14 at para. 21, where the elements of a cause of action are only supported by circumstantial evidence, the court must engage in a limited weighing of the evidence:
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