What is the standard of review for patent unreasonableness?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hydro Ottawa Limited v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 636), 2007 ONCA 292 (CanLII):
Counsel agree that the standard of review is patent unreasonableness: Lakeport Beverages v. Teamsters Local Union 938, supra, at paras. 20-34. While that term has been the subject of numerous attempts at description in the authorities, a decision is generally considered to be patently unreasonable only if it is "clearly irrational" or "evidently not in accordance with reason" [See Note 2 below] or if it produces "a result [that] must almost border on the absurd". [See Note 3 below] 2. The Arbitrator's decision
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