What is the test for determining whether a decision made by an adjudicator is reasonable?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sutherland v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2017 BCSC 263 (CanLII):

In general terms, it is correct to state that an adjudicator's decision will be regarded as reasonable if there is some evidence upon which the adjudicator's finding could reasonably be made. However, that will not be the case when the adjudicator's reasoning process is manifestly flawed. This point was recently made in Whyte v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2013 BCCA 454, where Mr. Justice Harris said the following:

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