If a party provides sufficient reason to not call a witness, can the court draw an adverse inference?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Renaerts v. Renaerts, 2015 BCSC 1028 (CanLII):

If a party provides sufficient reason as to why they did not call a witness, the court should not draw an adverse inference: McTavish v. MacGillivray, [1997] B.C.J. No. 1719 (S. C.), at para. 14.

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