In the initial judicial review hearing Justice Rooke concluded the applicable standard to review the Board's decision was correctness on the basis that the Board's determination that it could increase assessed property value was a
true question of jurisdiction — one of the established exceptions to the presumption of deference owed by a reviewing
court to a statutory tribunal interpreting its
home legislation (see Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Limited v Edmonton (City), 2013 ABQB 526 (CanLII) at paras 18 - 31).
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