What is the test the court uses to determine credibility?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Klein v Sun, 2018 BCSC 245 (CanLII):

The test the court uses to determine credibility has been discussed in many decisions. In Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398, Madam Justice Dillon reviewed the jurisprudence at para. 186:

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