What is the standard of review of an opinion of a trial judge?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from PMC York Properties v. Siudak, 2021 ONSC 1134 (CanLII):

The parties agree that the standard of review is correctness for questions of law. In such cases, the appellate court is free to replace the opinion of the trial judge with its own opinion (see Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235, at para. 8).

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