Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Case Management – Decisions Cannot Be Based on Unrecorded Recollections of Judge

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Judicial decisions must be based on recorded proceedings, not unrecorded recollections. Judges cannot: base rulings on memories of unrecorded events, rely on matters not in the record, or supplement the record with personal recollection. This rule serves: appellate review (reviewable only from record), transparency (parties…

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