What is the test for an adjudicator's findings of fact?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Casey v. Wheatley, 2009 NSSC 238 (CanLII):
I must not interfere with the adjudicator’s findings of fact unless there is a “palpable and over-riding error.” (Reference to McPhee v. Gwynne-Timothy, supra).
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