What is the standard of review applicable to an exercise of discretion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Griffioen v. Arnold, 2019 BCCA 83 (CanLII):
The standard of review applicable to an exercise of discretion is highly deferential. A court’s exercise of discretion is reversible only where the court has misdirected itself, came to a decision that is so clearly wrong it amounts to an injustice or where the judge gave no or insufficient weight to relevant considerations: Penner v. Niagara Regional Police Services Board, 2013 SCC 19 at para. 27.
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