What is the test for proving a claim?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Devlin Estate (Re), 2020 NSSC 77 (CanLII):

I turn from the history of proof in solemn form to what must be proved. The controlling authority is Vout v. Hay, 1995 CanLII 105 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 876. Justice Sopinka wrote for the court.

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