What is the standard of review applicable to administrative action?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pringle v. Alberta (Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Commission), 2004 ABQB 821 (CanLII):
The three standards of review applicable to administrative action are the more exacting standard of correctness, the intermediate standard of reasonableness simpliciter and the more deferential standard of patent unreasonableness. See Law Society of New Brunswick v. Ryan, 2004 SCC 23 (CanLII), [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247 at paras. 20, 24‑26, 2003 SCC 20.
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