What is the standard of review for the purpose of determining whether a "sham" is reviewed in the absence of palpable error?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from 2529-1915 Québec Inc. v. Canada, 2008 FCA 398 (CanLII):
In their respective memoranda, the parties did not address the standard of review. Counsel acknowledged during the hearing that questions of law are subject to the standard of correctness, while questions of fact and of mixed fact and law may not be reviewed in the absence of palpable error (Housen v. Nikolaisen, [2002] 2 S.R.C. 235). The concept of “sham” in Canadian law
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