Is it reasonable to infer the value of an asset that has not been disclosed?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from E.D.A. v. M.A.A., 2014 BCSC 1084 (CanLII):
Where there is evidence showing that the non-disclosing party does own a particular asset, but the value of the asset is unknown, it may be reasonable to infer that the asset is valuable from the fact that its value has not been disclosed: Yao v. Li, 2013 BCSC 1314.
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