What is the scope of appellate review of "palpable and overriding error"?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from C.A.S. of Toronto v. T.L. and E.B., 2010 ONSC 1376 (CanLII):

It was agreed the scope of appellate review was the narrow one of “palpable and overriding error” articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, [2002] S.C.R. 235, for findings and inferences of fact and questions of mixed fact and law, with the broader scope of review of “correctness” on matters of law alone.

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