What is the test for "internal consistency" in the analysis of conflicting evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ganske v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2017 BCSC 1744 (CanLII):
Where it is necessary for the adjudicator to assess the credibility of conflicting evidence, a proper analysis may entail a consideration of “internal consistency”, “consistency with other evidence found to be reliable”, and “consistency with common sense and ordinary human experience”. See Scott v. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, 2013 BCSC 676 at para. 37 which (as noted above) was affirmed on appeal, although without explicit reference to this particular point. For a more recent decision to the same effect, see Chen v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2016 BCSC 1646 at para. 33.
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