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CAUSATION TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

... over the last ten years, there appears to have been a very significant change in how Canadian courts are interpreting and applying the test of causation in informed consent cases.

CONT

... we can hope that the Court will recognize the problems that the causation test ... creates and its potential unfairness to plaintiffs ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

[ ... ] le critère de la causalité consiste à déterminer, selon la prépondérance des probabilités, ce que le demandeur en cause aurait fait, eu égard à l'ensemble des éléments de preuve pertinents [...]

OBS

critère de causalité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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