What is the meaning of spoliation?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Jin v Cheng, 2018 BCSC 763 (CanLII):

The appellate authorities establish that the term spoliation refers to the intentional destruction, mutilation, alteration, or concealment of evidence: Holland v. Marshall, 2008 BCCA 468 at para. 59.

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