What is the standard for deferential review of findings and inferences of fact?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stelmaschuk v The College of Dental Surgeons, 2017 BCSC 1371 (CanLII):
It is common ground that findings and inferences of fact are subject to the deferential review standard of palpable and overriding error: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 at paras. 10-25.
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