Lahoud v Lahoud

The appeal concerned a dispute between Lahoud and Lahoud. The primary judge had found that certain oral promises or representations, alleged by the appellant to have been made as conditions for entering into a written agreement, were not established. The appellant sought to overturn this finding on appeal.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the primary judge had made factual errors in assessing the evidence regarding the alleged oral promises. The appellant contended that the primary judge's findings of fact were demonstrably wrong, thereby necessitating appellate intervention.

The Court of Appeal reviewed the evidence and the primary judge's findings. The judges concluded that no reversible error had been demonstrated in the primary judge's assessment of the facts. The principles applied involved the well-established standard of appellate review, which requires a high degree of certainty that the primary judge's factual findings were incorrect before disturbing them. The Court found that the appellant had failed to meet this threshold.

The appeal was dismissed, and the appellant was ordered to pay the costs of the appeal.