Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE β€” Concurrent Findings of Fact β€” Interference by Supreme Court

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless they are perverse or cause a miscarriage of justice. The appellant bears the burden of demonstrating perversity or miscarriage. Perversity means no reasonable tribunal could have reached that conclusion. The principle respects the…

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