What is the test for reliability of evidence in a civil case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Wilder, 2002 BCSC 705 (CanLII):

Where the statement(s) are equally consistent with both the interpretation by the party seeking to tender the hearsay evidence and some other meaning then the evidence cannot justifiably be described as reliable: R.(D.) et al. v. The Queen, supra at 302-3; The Queen v. Smith, supra at 273.

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