Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE – Defective Notice of Appeal – Effect of Amendment

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

A defective notice of appeal—containing no competent or valid ground—cannot be cured by filing amended grounds out of time. The original notice is a nullity; you cannot amend a nullity. The defect goes to the competence of the appeal itself. Filing amended grounds does not…

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