Standard of review
Canada

In Canada, a decision of a tribunal, board, commission or other government decision-maker can be reviewed on one of several standards depending on the circumstances. In each case, a court must undertake a "standard of review analysis" to determine the appropriate standard to apply. Where the relevant statute provides for an appeal to the courts, questions of law are subject to a standard of "correctness" and questions of fact and mixed fact and law subject to the standard of "palpable and overriding error". These standards correspond to those applied on appeals from lower court decisions. Where the government decision-maker's decision is reviewed by way of judicial review, the relevant standard for all questions is generally "reasonableness".
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