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UNDERSTANDING LEGAL TERMINOLOGY: USEFUL GUIDANCE: IT DOESN'T ALL RES IPSA LOQUITUR  YOU KNOW

UNDERSTANDING LEGAL TERMINOLOGY: USEFUL GUIDANCE: IT DOESN’T ALL RES IPSA LOQUITUR YOU KNOW

January 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

The Radio 4 programme “Word of Mouth” had a programme last week on “legal language”: “demystifying the language of the court room”. This led one of the participants, barrister, author and blogger Lucy Reed to write a post “Why do…

ASSESSING WITNESS CREDIBILITY: EX-FOOTBALL CLUB DIRECTORS' EVIDENCE: ITS ALL A LOAD OF COBBLERS

ASSESSING WITNESS CREDIBILITY: EX-FOOTBALL CLUB DIRECTORS’ EVIDENCE: ITS ALL A LOAD OF COBBLERS

January 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

This blog has looked at issues of witness credibility many times.  There is a useful summary in the judgment of HHJ Simon Barker QC in Northampton Borough Council v Cardoza & Ors [2019] EWHC 26 (Ch) contains a review of the…

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