What is the test for establishing reasonable excuse in a motor vehicle accident case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lost Lake Properties Ltd. v City of Parksville, 2000 BCSC 475 (CanLII):

This decision was followed by McDonald J.A. in Horie v. Nelson (1987), 20 B.C.C.R. (2d) 1 at p. 7. While this is not an exhaustive definition of the phrase in this statute, it indicates the nature of the onus on the plaintiff to establish reasonable excuse.

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