What is the standard of review in the context of a worker’s compensation appeal?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cape Breton Development Corporation v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA 72 (CanLII):
In this Court’s recent decision in Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Worker’s Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA 28, [2008] N.S.J. No. 133, ¶ 6, this Court held that the standard of review set out in Puddicombe, supra, is consistent with the principles enunciated in Dunsmuir, supra.
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