What is the standard of review of a trial decision?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chavez and Toplar v. Ertan and Mehmet, 2014 ONSC 3124 (CanLII):
The standard of review of a trial decision is as follows: (a) on pure questions of law, correctness; (b) on questions of fact or mixed law and fact, overriding and palpable error that constitutes a substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice. See: Housen v. Nikolaisen, [2002] S.C.R. 235. Analysis
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