What is the test for judicial review?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. v Grain Workers’ Union, Local 333, 2018 BCSC 2130 (CanLII):

Judicial review is an "extraordinary remedy" which is not to be exercised unnecessarily: U.E.S., Local 298 v. Bibeault, 1988 CanLII 30 (SCC), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 1048 at para. 127. It is not the role of the court on judicial review to engage in a re-assessment or re-weighing of the evidence.

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