Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Grounds of Appeal — Competency of Ground Alleging Error in Law and Misdirection Simultaneously

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

A ground combining error in law and misdirection in fact is not automatically incompetent. The test is whether it gives sufficient notice to the respondent. The principle applies to appellate practice. The rule discourages technical striking out where the complaint is clear. Substance prevails over…

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