PER CURIAM.
The application is granted.
The court of appeal erred in applying the manifest error standard after determining that the trial court had made a legal error in applying an inapplicable presumption. Once the court of appeal found legal error which went to the heart of the factfinding process, the court should have proceeded to decide the appeal on the record without any deference to the decision of the trial court.
Accordingly, the judgment...
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