Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE – Concurrent Findings of Fact – Supreme Court May Interfere Where Finding Is Perverse

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings if they are perverse. Perversity exists when the finding does not logically follow from the evidence or other findings. The principle is an exception to the general rule of non-interference. The appellant must demonstrate perversity. The court…

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