What is the role of the Court of Appeal in reviewing a decision made by a statutory decision maker?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 462284 B.C. Ltd. v General Manager under the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, 2019 BCSC 93 (CanLII):
On judicial review, the court’s role is to supervise the jurisdiction exercised by a statutory decision maker to ensure that the decision maker has acted within its legal authority: Lang v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2005 BCCA 244 at paras. 22 and 24.
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