Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Supreme Court Intervention

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Where both the trial court and the Court of Appeal have arrived at the same factual findings, the Supreme Court is extremely reluctant to disturb them. This deference recognizes that the trial court had the advantage of hearing and observing witnesses, while the Court of…

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