What are the grounds of appeal in a case brought by the Court of Appeal?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Doncaster v Field, 2016 NSCA 25 (CanLII):

This ground of appeal involves the trial judge applying a legal standard to a set of facts. It will be reviewed on a palpable and overriding standard (Gwynne-Timothy v. McPhee, 2005 NSCA 80 at ¶33).

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