What is the burden of establishing territorial competence or jurisdiction of this court?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Cockerham v. Hanc, 2014 BCSC 2432 (CanLII):

The burden of establishing territorial competence or jurisdiction of this court rests with the party seeking to establish its existence: Aleong v. Aleong, 2013 BCSC 1428 at para. 80.

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