What is the scope of appellate review in the context of sexual assault cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.P. v. J.L.S., 2005 BCSC 1383 (CanLII):
While the scope of appellate review is indeed narrow, it remains the case that “a trial court’s ignoring of relevant evidence, or the drawing of incorrect conclusions from the evidence may ...require appellate interference” (Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518).
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