EXPERT EVIDENCE ABOUT THE VERACITY OF WITNESSES: WELL, IT IS PROBABLY A WASTE OF TIME

In Wigan Council -v- C [2015] EWFC 8 Mr Justice Peter Jackson raised considerable doubts as to whether an expert report on the potential veracity of child witnesses was of much value to a judge. It is a family case but has some relevance to witness evidence generally. THE CASE Two children aged 15 a...