What is the correctness standard for determining findings of fact or inferences drawn from the facts?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61 (CanLII):

Findings of fact, or inferences drawn from the facts are reviewed on a standard of palpable and overriding error. Matters involving questions of law are subject to a correctness standard. When the matter is one of mixed fact and law and there is an extricable question of law, the question of law will be reviewed on a correctness standard. Otherwise, it is reviewed on a palpable and overriding standard. (Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33). Analysis

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