If the trial judge's summary of the evidence is accurate, and it was open to the judge to accept the plaintiffs» experts» evidence — no misapprehension, nothing else that amounts to a palpable and overriding error, nothing else that amounts to
a relevant error of law on the admissibility of evidence — then the result is supported by the evidence and is not (supposed to be) subject to appellate intervention.
Not exact matches
Because in this case both statutory decision makers (ie the Standards Board and the Adjudication Panel) comprise persons identified by Parliament «because
of their experience knowledge and position to apply the
relevant Code», therefore «absent an
error of law the court is to pay considerable respect to the decision
of what is an informed domestic tribunal».
The ICS will include an appeal mechanism, giving the tribunal appellate jurisdiction over (a)
errors in the application or interpretation
of applicable
law; (b) manifest
errors in the appreciation
of the facts, including the appreciation
of relevant domestic
law; and (c) the grounds set out in Article 52 (1)
of the ICSID Convention, such as the presence
of corruption or a serious departure from the fundamental rules
of procedure.
Although this appeal does not raise only issues
of credibility, I agree with the majority
of the Court
of Appeal that the trial judge's decision was reasonable, was supported by the evidence and that he had committed no
error in the application
of the
relevant law to the facts.
In essence it was submitted that that constituted an
error of law which infected the entire decision and although the tribunal had purported to conduct the necessary balancing exercise, that highly
relevant consideration was not, or not adequately, addressed.
On appeal, the Crown asserted
errors of law alone on the basis the judge erred in: (i) failing to properly instruct himself on the legal principles applicable to considering evidence
of collusion; (ii) failing to consider all the evidence
relevant to the issue
of collusion; (iii) misapprehending the evidence relating to collusion; and (iv) correctly assessing the elements
of perjury in one
of the particulars.
At the Court
of Appeal, UBC alleged that the Tribunal had made several
errors of fact and
law, including in refusing to consider modifications
of the residency program as
relevant to finding that disability was a factor in Dr. Kelly's adverse treatment and in considering both the procedural and substantive elements
of the duty to accommodate.
The FCA held that the Federal Court's finding that these facts were
relevant was a question
of mixed fact and
law and the Minister had not demonstrated palpable and overriding
error by the Federal Court judge.