TIL Canada has the "Apology Act", whereby apologising to someone after an incident can't be used in court to establish guilt or liability of the person apologising.

Authored by bclaws.ca and submitted by harperjj

Apology Act [SBC 2006] CHAPTER 19

"court" includes a tribunal, an arbitrator and any other person who is acting in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity.

"apology" means an expression of sympathy or regret, a statement that one is sorry or any other words or actions indicating contrition or commiseration, whether or not the words or actions admit or imply an admission of fault in connection with the matter to which the words or actions relate;

2 (1) An apology made by or on behalf of a person in connection with any matter

(a) does not constitute an express or implied admission of fault or liability by the person in connection with that matter,

(b) does not constitute an acknowledgement of liability in relation to that matter for the purposes of section 24 of the Limitation Act,

(c) does not, despite any wording to the contrary in any contract of insurance and despite any other enactment, void, impair or otherwise affect any insurance coverage that is available, or that would, but for the apology, be available, to the person in connection with that matter, and

(d) must not be taken into account in any determination of fault or liability in connection with that matter.

(2) Despite any other enactment, evidence of an apology made by or on behalf of a person in connection with any matter is not admissible in any court as evidence of the fault or liability of the person in connection with that matter.

RedStatus on February 5th, 2018 at 04:46 UTC »

We also have the Good Samaritan Act or The Quebec Law. If you have your CPR and First Aid Training and you help someone by performing CPR then you are protected by law that the person you helped can't sue you for causing bodily harm that comes with performing CPR. Like broken ribs and such.

ozthethird on February 5th, 2018 at 03:49 UTC »

"I'm Sorry" that this happened to you.

Vs

"I'm Sorry" i did this to you.

its annoying that this costs money to differentiate.

iStayedAtaHolidayInn on February 5th, 2018 at 01:41 UTC »

It's in America too. Several states have Apology Laws to protect doctors from admitting culpability when apologizing to their patients' families