What is the burden of disproving assumptions or findings of fact made by a Minister or Director?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Thermo Design Insulation Ltd. v British Columbia, 2017 BCSC 2371 (CanLII):
The petitioner has the onus of disproving the assumptions or findings of fact made by the Minister or the Director: Northland Properties Corporation v. British Columbia, 2010 BCCA 177 at paras. 10, 15, 21, 24 and 34–35.
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