ANOTHER ASSESSMENT OF WITNESS CREDIBILITY
A regular theme of this blog has been how important witness credibility is to the outcome of many civil actions. The assessment of credibility is often one of the key tasks of the trial judge at. It is an issue…
A QUICK WORD ON WITNESS CREDIBILITY: WHAT THE BUTLER SAID
In Burrell -v- Clifford [2016] EWHC 249 (Ch) Richard Spearman QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Chancery Division) had to assess the credibility of two litigants. It provides an interesting insight into the judicial scrutiny of witness evidence….
COSTS, COPYING AND PROPORTIONALITY
The judgment of His Honour Judge Lochrane in Ryanair Limited -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWFC B5 has attracted some attention. Here I want to look at the short judgment in relation to costs. THE CASE…
