USING WITNESS STATEMENTS PREPARED IN ANOTHER ACTION: WHEN IS A "HEARING HELD IN PUBLIC"

January 2, 2016 · by · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Disclosure, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

CPR 32.12 prevents witness statements served in an action being used for any other purpose.  However there is an exception when a statement is "put in evidence at a hearing held in public".  This issue was considered in Kimathi -v- Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2015]EWHC 3432 (QB)  "They were w...

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