A trial judge who resolves a contested causation issue by applying the onus of proof without making positive factual findings or giving reasons for being unable to resolve the conflict of expert evidence breaches the duty to give adequate reasons, constituting an error of law. Where the trial judge's conclusion on causation was not the only conclusion open on the evidence and the appellate court cannot resolve the conflict without seeing witnesses, the appropriate remedy is remittal for rehearing.
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