What is the impact of having to communicate with witnesses who do not speak English?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tan v Wu, 2018 BCSC 2218 (CanLII):
All of the witnesses testified through an interpreter. I acknowledge that assessing the credibility of witnesses who do not speak English requires particular care. I am mindful of the comments of Griffin J., as she then was, in Fu v. Zhu, 2018 BCSC 9:
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