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INTERPRETERS CANNOT (AND WOULD NOT) BE COMPELLED TO ATTEND TRIAL FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION

November 27, 2016 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Uncategorized

The case of Kimathi -v- The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2016] EWHC 3004 (QB) has already featured several times on this blog.  Here we look at the judgment made last week relating to the defendant’s application that interpreters attend trial…

CIVIL PROCEDURE: THE BEHRENS' EFFECT

November 27, 2016 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Case Management, Civil evidence, Members Content, Uncategorized

His Honour Judge Behrens, the resident Chancery judge in Leeds, retires tomorrow. This led me to consider the contribution he has made to civil procedure. JOHN BEHRENS AT THE BAR I could begin by telling of the  meticulous neatness of…

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