Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings of Fact — When Supreme Court Will Interfere

Area of law: APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court: Supreme Court

Concurrent findings of fact by two lower courts are binding on the Supreme Court unless they fall within established exceptions. Exceptions include perversity, lack of evidence support, wrong approach to evidence, miscarriage of justice, or violation of law. The appellant bears the burden of demonstrating…

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