Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Interference by Supreme Court Where Findings Are Perverse

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court can interfere with concurrent findings when they are perverse. Perverse findings are those unsupported by evidence or based on wrong legal principles. The principle applies to appellate practice. The rule provides an exception to the general non-interference rule. The court may substitute…

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