How has the BCSC interpreted the hearsay rule?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Narvaez v. Zhang, 2010 BCSC 78 (CanLII):

The defendants submitted the case of McKnight v. Hutchison, 2003 BCSC 1240 for the proposition that affidavit evidence that offends the hearsay rule cannot be given weight and is thus insufficient to address necessity or reasonableness of disbursements.

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