What is the standard of review for an alleged error in fact?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brown and Brown v Bruin, 2015 ONSC 3754 (CanLII):
The standard of review regarding an alleged error in fact is “reasonableness”, on findings of law “correctness” and with respect to interpretation of evidence as a whole “palpable and overriding error”. See Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 (CanLII). Sufficiency of Reasons
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