What are the legal principles for variation and review?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Cotter v. Cotter, 2015 BCSC 1730 (CanLII):

The Court of Appeal in Morck v. Morck, 2013 BCCA 186, 44 B.C.L.R. (5th) 235, clarified the distinction in the legal principles for variation and review at para. 17:

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