What is the current standard of review and the guidelines for applying that standard?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sandman Hotel Langley Inc. v. General Manager of the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, 2006 BCSC 417 (CanLII):

A leading case with respect to what is the correct standard of review, and what guidelines will assist in applying that standard, is the case of Law Society of New Brunswick v. Ryan, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247, 2003 SCC 20.

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