What is the standard of judicial review of an administrative decision?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Vancouver Rape Relief Society v. Nixon et al., 2003 BCSC 1936 (CanLII):

All counsel agreed there are now three standards of judicial review of administrative decisions: “correctness”, “reasonableness simpliciter” and “patent unreasonableness” in light of the decision in Law Society of New Brunswick v. Ryan 2003 SCC 20 (“Ryan”).

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