What is the difference between an unreasonable decision and a patently unreasonable decision?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Fok v. British Columbia (Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Officer), 2010 BCSC 1613 (CanLII):

A useful analysis of the distinction between an unreasonable decision and a patently unreasonable decision was made by Satanov J. in Falc v. Mainstreet Equity Corp., 2009 BCSC 410, 176 A.C.W.S. (3d) 845 at para. 9:

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