What is the duty of an adjudicator to give written reasons for their decision?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shadow v. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles et al., 2002 BCSC 790 (CanLII):
While the adjudicator’s task is to weigh the evidence and to give written reasons for the decision, there is no duty on the adjudicator to give reasons for preferring or rejecting any evidence. See Wanless v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), [2000] B.C.J. No. 1542 (B.C.S.C.).
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