What is the standard of review required by the Court of Appeal?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from The Powers of Attorney Act (Re), 2021 NSCA 48 (CanLII):

A correctness standard of review applies to our task: “when interpreting and applying the law the judge must be right” (Laframboise v. Millington, 2019 NSCA 43 at para. 14).

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