What is the legal test for overturning a driving prohibition against a Superintendent of Motor Vehicles?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Davis v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2019 BCSC 1005 (CanLII):

On review, an adjudicator confirmed the driving prohibition. On judicial review, the chambers judge granted the petition, set aside the adjudicator’s decision and remitted the matter for reconsideration: Mackenzie v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2017 BCSC 2392. The Superintendent appealed.

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