What is the standard of correctness of a review?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ssemaluulu v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2012 BCSC 2180 (CanLII):
Where questions of procedural fairness arise, the review is based on a standard of correctness: Martin v. Vancouver (City), 2008 BCCA 197, at para. 46.
The duty of fairness is succinctly summarized by Madam Justice Russell in Gillies v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2011 BCSC 899, at paras. 40 to 43:
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