What is the effect of a jury trial on credibility?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Brar v Ismail, 2018 BCSC 1573 (CanLII):

On the other hand, in Khunkhun v. Titus, 2011 BCSC 1677, Willcock J. (as he then was) reached the opposite conclusion after a jury trial in which a number of credibility issues were involved. He said:

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