Where a trial judge's critical factual finding rests on a misapprehension of evidence, and the remaining evidence involves unresolved questions of witness credibility, the appropriate remedy is a new trial rather than substitution of findings by the appellate court. The case illustrates the application of Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon and Warren v Coombes to determine the boundary between appellate fact-finding and ordering a retrial.
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