The Court found it was necessary for Justice Shultes to provide a «sufficient window» into the decision allowing for meaningful and
appropriate appellate review.
Not exact matches
On an appeal from a decision disposing of an application for judicial
review, the
appellate court must decide whether the court below identified the
appropriate standard of
review and applied it correctly.
The gulf between de novo
review [the
appropriate standard] and «any competent evidence» is vast — so vast that if the
appellate courts applied an «any competent evidence standard» almost any family court determination on child custody, alimony, or property division would be impossible to overturn.
A further category of issues that will not be considered as «new» are those «that form the backdrop of
appellate litigation, such as jurisdiction, whether a given error requires a remedy and what the
appropriate remedy is the standard of
review» (par.
While being very careful not to elevate them from their guidlininess, Mme. Justice Smith in her reasons in Domirti v. Domirti, 2010 BCCA 472, an appeal from a trial court spousal support
review application, quoted Redpath v. Redpath, 2006 BCCA 338, 62 B.C.L.R. (4th) 233 in finding that that, ``... while SSAG is not to be applied as a matter of law in determining the quantum of spousal support, in circumstances where it is
appropriate to consider the application of SSAG an award that falls substantially outside the SSAG ranges may permit
appellate intervention».
In my view, when counsel fully address the Guidelines in argument, and a trial judge decides to award a quantum of support outside the suggested range,
appellate review will be assisted by the inclusion of reasons explaining why the Guidelines do not provide an
appropriate result.
(7) Composition of Hearing Panels and
appellate or
review panels: State Associations have certain latitude in establishing the procedures for appointing Hearing Panels for ethics and arbitration hearings and for determining the
appropriate composition of appeal panels (ethics) and procedural
review panels (arbitration).