When an application under R. 9-7 is made, does the applicant have to adduce all evidence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from D.L.H. v. M.J.M., 2011 BCSC 1228 (CanLII):

When an application under R. 9-7 is made, the parties are obliged to take every reasonable step to put themselves in the best possible position and to adduce all evidence they believe is necessary for judgment: Harrison v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2010 BCCA 220 at para. 41, 4 B.C.L.R. (5th) 317, leave to appeal ref’d [2010] SCCA No. 293 [Harrison].

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