What is the standard of review on appeal from a Master to a judge?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Feldman v Bendle Glass Co (1975) Ltd, 2016 ABQB 219 (CanLII):
Our Court of Appeal stated in Bahcheli v. Yorkton Securities Inc., 2012 ABCA 166 at paragraph 30 that the standard of review was correctness, and that there is no deference owed to the Master’s decision: 30 In my view, the standard of review on appeal from a Master to a judge, on all issues, is still correctness.
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