What is the standard of review for an appeal court to interfere with findings of fact?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nippard v. Raby, 2007 CanLII 41884 (ON SC):
The parties agree that, for an appeal court to interfere with findings of fact, the standard of review requires a palpable and overriding error which affects the result. See Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 (CanLII), [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235 (S.C.C.) at para. 10.
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