What is the standard of review of a finding that there had been no erroneous advice or administrative error?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Lee v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 FC 758 (CanLII):
The Applicants, who are not represented by counsel, did not make any submissions regarding the standard of review. I accept the Respondent’s submission that the applicable standard of review of the finding that there had been no erroneous advice or administrative error is patent unreasonableness (Leskiw v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 FCA 177 at para. 9 and Kissoon v. Canada (Minister of Human Development Resources), 2004 FC 24 at paras. 4-5, aff’d at 2004 FCA 384). Analysis
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