Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Issues for Determination — Duty of Court to Consider All Issues — Exception Where Issues Are Subsumed

Area of law: APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court: Supreme Court

Courts must pronounce on issues submitted unless subsumed. The principle applies to appellate practice. Where one issue is dispositive, others need not be considered. The rule promotes judicial efficiency. The court will not consider alternative issues unnecessarily. The principle is well-established.

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