What is the test for deference to a hearing officer with respect to findings of credibility?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cox v. Ontario Provincial Police, 2012 ONCPC 6 (CanLII):
56. It is also an accepted principle of review that deference should be granted to the Hearing Officer with respect to findings of credibility. Lloyd v. London Police Service (1999), O.P.R 1345 (OCCPS) at 1351. As the standard of review is animated by deference stating that findings of credibility attract deference is another way of stating that such findings are reviewed from the reasonableness standard.
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