In R v. K.L. (Ont CA, 2026) the Ontario Court of Appeal considers the adequacy of reasons for decision, here in a criminal context:
[21] Ultimately, the court is to take a functional and contextual approach in reviewing a trial judge’s reasons: R. v. G.F., 2021 SCC 20, [2021] 1 S.C.R. 801, at para. 69. The Supreme Court has instructed that appellate courts are not to “finely parse” trial decisions searching for errors; rather, “they must assess whether the reasons, read in context and as a whole, in light of the live issues at trial, explain what the trial judge decided and why they decided that way in a manner that permits effective appellate review”: G.F., at para. 69. Reviewing the trial judge’s reasons in this light discloses no error.
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