What is the standard of review on appeal of a Master's decision?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from James v. Northern Lakes College, 2012 ABQB 588 (CanLII):

The standard of review on appeal of the Master’s decision on all issues is correctness: Bacheli v. Yorkton Securities Inc., 2012 ABCA 166. While I find the Master made no error of fact or law on the matters he decided, there were two issues which were not clearly before him.

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