Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE – Grounds of Appeal – Distinction Between Law and Fact – Test for Determining Grounds of Law

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

To determine whether a ground of appeal raises a question of law, fact, or mixed law and fact, the court reads the ground together with its particulars. The ground cannot be considered in isolation. The particulars explain and amplify the complaint. A ground that appears…

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