What is the standard of review in the tort of conversion?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Shvartsman v Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 2016 ONSC 5948 (CanLII):

The Trial Judge correctly in our view set out the elements of the tort of conversion. The issue on this appeal concerns the application of facts to legal principle. The standard of review is therefore palpable and overriding error: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 (CanLII) at para. 36.

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