Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE ā€” Standard of Review ā€” Appellate Court May Interfere with Findings of Fact Where Findings Are Perverse and Unsupported by Credible Evidence

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Appellate courts may interfere where the trial court acted with high handedness, judicial rashness, or perverse reasoning. Proper adjudication requires careful evidence appraisal. The principle applies to appellate practice. The rule protects litigants from arbitrary or hasty decision-making. Interference is justified where the trial court'sā€¦

Read the full principle with Sanctum

Sanctum is the key to all NLC content: judgments, principles, statutes, rules of court and court forms. Choose a plan from 1 month to 36 months.

Get Sanctum Access I’m a member — Log in