Is there any case law where a judge significantly misapprehended the evidence and awarded an award based on that evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Salvona v. Drayton, 2006 BCSC 886 (CanLII):
Counsel for the appellant submits that the provincial court judge significantly misapprehended the evidence and his award was clearly wrong for that reason (Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, 172 D.L.R. (4th) 577).
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