What is the current state of the law on oral contracts?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from James v. The Hollypark Organization Inc., 2016 BCSC 495 (CanLII):
I note Newbury J.A., in De Cotiis v. Viam Holdings Ltd., 2010 BCCA 368 at para. 21, pointed to flexibility in the nature of the evidence to prove the oral contract at issue:
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