Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Additional Grounds of Appeal — Principles Governing Leave to Argue

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Leave to argue additional grounds differs from leave to raise entirely new issues not canvassed below. The rule against raising new issues on appeal is flexible, not rigid. Where a substantial point of law is involved and justice demands, the court may entertain the new…

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