What is the test for relying solely on a police report?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Piedrahita v. Brad, 2022 ONSC 1850 (CanLII):
The Court of Appeal dealt with a similar situation in Lingard v. Milne-McIsaac, 2015 ONCA 2013 at paras. 8 and 9, holding that it was reasonable to rely on the police report alone.
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