What is the test for an adjudicator to make a finding of fact in a motor vehicle application?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Stephenson v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2009 BCSC 1617 (CanLII):

The court must defer to the adjudicator’s findings of fact and should not interfere as long as there is some evidence upon which the adjudicator’s finding could reasonably have be made: Shadow v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2002 BCSC 790, 29 M.V.R. (4th) 145 at para. 13.

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