Anton v White

The appellant, Anton, brought a claim for damages for assault against the respondent, White. The claim was dismissed by the trial judge. Anton appealed this decision, primarily attacking the trial judge's findings of fact. The appeal was heard by Mason P, Priestley JA, and Barr J.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the trial judge's findings of fact were demonstrably wrong, thereby providing a sufficient basis for interfering with those conclusions.

The Court of Appeal held that there was no sufficient basis to interfere with the trial judge's findings. Their Honours concluded that the trial judge's conclusions were soundly based on his principal findings of primary fact, which the appellate court found were not demonstrably wrong.

The appeal was dismissed with costs.