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WITNESS CREDIBILITY: PROBLEM WITH DEFENDANTS' EVIDENCE

August 2, 2015 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

The recent posts on witness credibility have given rise to much attention.  Matthew Stockwell,  junior counsel for the claimant, has pointed out that the case of Pollock -v- Cahill [2015] EWHC 2260 (QB) also involves an assessment of  witness evidence….

WITNESS CREDIBILITY AGAIN: THE HIDDEN VICTIMS OF PERSONAL INJURY FRAUD: HONEST CLAIMANTS

August 2, 2015 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

This post should serve as a necessary balance/counterblast to the earlier post on the Sonae Industria case.  In that case some of the witnesses were found to be  honest and some patently dishonest.  It was a feature  of that case…

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