Is a litigant’s right of appeal more sacred than its day in court?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blois v. Blois, 2013 NSCA 39 (CanLII):
At the same time, a right of appeal is less sacred than a litigant’s “day in court” in the first instance. For example, see the oft-quoted decision of Bowen L.J. in Cowell v. Taylor (1885), 31 Ch. D. 34 (Eng. C.A.), at page 38.
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