What is the standard of review for an appellate court reviewing an exercise of exercise of authority?
Yukon, Canada
The following excerpt is from Edzerza v. Kwanlin Dün First Nation, 2008 YKCA 8 (CanLII):
Both counsel cited Reza v. Canada, 1994 CanLII 91 (SCC), [1994] 2 S.C.R. 394, 116 D.L.R. (4th) 61, for the proposition that the standard of review for an appellate court reviewing an exercise of discretion is whether the judge at first instance has given sufficient weight to all relevant considerations.
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