What is the impact of the absence or omission of a relevant factor in a decision?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Seibel v Davis, 2017 BCSC 847 (CanLII):

Ignoring or failing to discuss a relevant factor does not, on its own, amount to a palpable and overriding error. In Steward v. Berezan, 2007 BCCA 150, at para. 8, the court wrote:

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