In Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation v. Beaverbrook
Art Gallery 2006 NBCA
75 (CanLII), (2006), 302 N.B.R. (2d)
161, [2006] N.B.J. No. 307 (QL), 2006 NBCA 75, at para. 4, Drapeau C.J.N.B.
addressed the standard of review of discretionary decisions in terms that are
equally applicable to the present case:
Like any other discretionary judicial decision, it may be interfered with on appeal only if it is founded upon an error of law, an error in the application of the governing principles or a palpable and overriding error in the assessment of the evidence (see British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71 (CanLII), [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371, 2003 SCC 71 at para. 43) or if it is unreasonable, in the sense that nothing in the record can justify it (see the Honourable R.P. Kerans, Standards of Review Employed by Appellate Courts (Edmonton: Juriliber Limited, 1994) at pp. 36-37 and Secretary of State for Education and Science v. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, [1977] A.C. 1014 (H.L.) Lord Diplock at p. 1064)