What are the principles governing when a new issue will be considered on appeal?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dhaliwal v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2018 BCSC 873 (CanLII):

The principles governing when a reviewing court will consider a new issue on appeal were summarized in Gorenshtein v. British Columbia (Employment Standards Tribunal), 2016 BCCA 457:

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