In R. v. Othman (Ont CA, 2025) the Ontario Court of Appeal simply stated the criminal SOR for questions of law:
(i) The Standard of Review
[43] The decision whether to put a defence to the jury is a question of law, reviewable on a standard of correctness: R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3, at para. 55.
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