What is the test for "reasonableness" for a review body to determine whether a decision was reasonable?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Complainant v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, 2016 BCHPRB 33 (CanLII):

The law is settled that the test for "reasonableness" requires that the reviewing body ask itself whether the decision falls within the range of acceptable outcomes that are defensible having regard to the facts and the law: Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick 2008 SCC 9 at para. [47].

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