What is the test for a jury to make a decision in a personal injury case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Azak v Chisholm, 2018 BCSC 1051 (CanLII):

However, in this and in any other case, all of the evidence is to be weighed according to the proof which it was in the power of the parties to adduce: Snell, at 328 quoting Lord Mansfield in Blatch v. Archer (1774), 98 E.R. 969 at 970.

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