What is the standard of review for appeal where a ground of appeal raises an error of law?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.M. MacNeill & Associates v. Toulon Development Corporation, 2016 NSSC 16 (CanLII):
The standard of review where a ground of appeal raises an error of law is correctness. On questions of law an adjudicator must be right: McPhee v. Gwynne-Timothy, 2005 NSCA 80, [2005] N.S.J. No. 170 at para. 33.
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