What is the standard of review for questions of law, credibility, mixed fact and law and penalty?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Nguyen, 2016 ONLSTA 9 (CanLII):
For questions of law, the standard of review is correctness. For questions of fact, credibility, mixed fact and law and penalty, the standard of review is reasonableness. The standard of review for the reasons and the decision as a whole is reasonableness. (See Law Society of Upper Canada v. Melnick, 2013 ONLSAP 27 (CanLII) at para. 10.)
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