What is the burden of proving that there is insufficient evidence to dispel suspicion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Woodward v. Grant, 2007 BCSC 1192 (CanLII):
Since the suspicious circumstances may relate to various issues, in order to properly assess what effect the obligation to dispel the suspicion has on the burden of proof, it is appropriate to ask the question “suspicion of what?”: see Vout v. Hay, supra, at para. 25.
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