What is the test for evidence of a competent member of a trade or profession at issue?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Phillion (dba Victoria's Natures Helper) v. Proctor, 2020 BCCRT 1383 (CanLII):
19. Where the standard of a competent member of a trade or profession is at issue, evidence of those carrying on that occupation is usually necessary unless the matter is non-technical or of which an ordinary person may be expected to have knowledge (Burbank v. R.T.B., 2007 BCCA 215).
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