WITNESS TRAINING: BLUNTS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIAL AND IS RELEVANT TO AN ASSESSMENT OF CREDIBILITY
Issues relating to “witness training” are bound to be controversial. The advocates of witness training (often, surprisingly, those who provide the training) state it is a good thing. However it is clear that trial judges often have their reservations as…
ADJOURNMENTS AND DISCRETION: DECISION NOT TO ADJOURN BANKRUPTCY PETITION UPHELD BY THE COURT OF APPEAL
In Edginton -v- Sekhon [2015] EWCA Civ 816 the Court of Appeal refused to overturn the judge’s decision not to adjourn a bankruptcy petition. “Delay is inimical to all forms of litigation and especially so in a collective enforcement process…
EXPERT WITNESSES GOING BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF EXPERT EVIDENCE: IT INCREASES COSTS AND IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE
In Johnston -v- TAG Farnborough Airport Limited [2015] UKUT 0534 Martin Rodger QC (Deputy President of the Upper Tribunal Land Chamber) had some telling observations about the role of the expert witnesses in that case. “The willingness of the experts…
