What is the standard of review on a question of law in an appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gallant v. Houde, 2016 BCSC 1994 (CanLII):
On an appeal, the standard of review on a question of law is one of correctness. On a question of law, “the basic rule with respect to the review of a trial judge’s findings is that an appellate court is free to replace the opinion of the trial judge with its own”: Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 at para. 8.
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