What is the test for appeal against a discretionary order?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holland v. Marshall, 2011 BCCA 223 (CanLII):
Leave to appeal a discretionary order will only be granted where the order is clearly wrong or serious injustice will occur, or where the discretion was not exercised judiciously or was exercised on a wrong principle: Strata Plan LMS 2019 v. Green, 2001 BCCA 286, 152 B.C.A.C. 174, per Proudfoot J.A. (in chambers).
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