What is the test for an adjudicator's findings of fact?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Casey v. Wheatley, 2009 NSSC 238 (CanLII):

I must not interfere with the adjudicator’s findings of fact unless there is a “palpable and over-riding error.” (Reference to McPhee v. Gwynne-Timothy, supra).

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