What is the standard of review of a director or director’s decision to grant a residential tenancy to a tenant?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Quachen v Watson, 2019 BCSC 979 (CanLII):

The standard of review of residential tenancy decisions made by the Director or Director’s delegate was concisely set out by in Suri v. Vahra, 2019 BCSC 675. I adopt Justice Shergill’s analysis, which was set out as follows:

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