JUDGES AND WITNESSES 4: THE LITIGANT IN PERSON AND THE ABSENT WITNESS

In Otou -v- Brierley [2015] EWHC 1938 (Ch) Edward Murray (sitting as s Deputy Judge of the Chancery Division) was in an unusual situation. A witness statement drafted by a litigant in person contrasted to a witness statement by a party who did not turn up to be cross-examined.
THE CASE
The claimant,...