What is the "correctness standard" in judicial review?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Registrar of Mortgage Brokers v. Financial Services Tribunal and Matick, 2007 BCSC 1118 (CanLII):
There are three levels of review. The first, the correctness standard, is the least deferential standard of judicial review. It is described by the court in Law Society of New Brunswick v. Ryan, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247, 2003 SCC 20 at para. 50: When undertaking a correctness review, the court may undertake its own reasoning process to arrive at the result it judges correct.
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