What standard of in-court interpretation applies to civil proceedings such as these?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Chen v. Ross, 2012 BCSC 1605 (CanLII):

The standard of in-court interpretation applicable in the criminal law sphere as outlined in Tran applies to civil proceedings, such as these: Luu v. Wang, 2011 BCSC 1201 at para. 10.

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