Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE β€” Appellate Practice β€” Concurrent Findings of Fact β€” Circumstances for Interference

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Concurrent findings of fact by two lower courts are binding on the Supreme Court unless they are perverse, based on wrong law, inadmissible evidence, or no evidence. The appellant bears the burden of demonstrating such defects. Perversity means no reasonable tribunal could have reached that…

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