What is the standard of review applied to a judge's findings of fact and mixed fact and law?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Markowski v. Verhey, 2020 ONCA 472 (CanLII):
The standard of review to be applied to the application judge’s findings of fact and mixed fact and law is one of palpable and overriding error. Findings of fact and inferences from those facts should not be disturbed unless they are clearly wrong, unreasonable, or unsupported by the evidence: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235, at paras. 23, 26, and 36.
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