What is the test for giving deference to a police officer’s factual analysis?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 FC 1062 (CanLII):
The officer’s factual analysis is central to his or her role as a trier of fact. As such, these findings are to be given significant deference by the reviewing Court. The officer’s findings should stand unless the reasoning process was flawed and the resulting decision falls outside the range of possible, acceptable outcomes which are defensible in respect of the facts and the law: Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] S.C.J. No. 9, at paragraph 47.
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