Principle

CUSTOMARY LAW — Customary Arbitration — Appellate Court’s Power to Interfere with Findings of Fact

Area of law: CUSTOMARY LAW
Court: Supreme Court

Appellate courts defer to trial court findings of fact. Interference requires perversity. The principle applies to findings in customary arbitration cases. The trial court has the advantage of seeing witnesses. The appellate court will not re-evaluate evidence. Perversity means no reasonable tribunal could have reached…

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