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JUDICIAL FOOTNOTES: I'LL GIVE YOU FOOTNOTES : WIFE TRYING TO RUN HUSBAND OVER WITH A VAN IS "ALWAYS A TELLTALE SIGN THAT A COUPLE ARE DRIFTING APART"

JUDICIAL FOOTNOTES: I’LL GIVE YOU FOOTNOTES : WIFE TRYING TO RUN HUSBAND OVER WITH A VAN IS “ALWAYS A TELLTALE SIGN THAT A COUPLE ARE DRIFTING APART”

March 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

The previous post on the judgment of  Canadian judge J.W. Quinn. J. led (believe it or not) to a heated – and I hope not entirely serious – discussion between some of hte lawyers on which was the best footnote…

"LEAVE AN UNTRUTHFUL MAN IN THE WITNESS BOX LONG ENOUGH AND HE WILL REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE WORLD": WHEN A WITNESS FALLS..

“LEAVE AN UNTRUTHFUL MAN IN THE WITNESS BOX LONG ENOUGH AND HE WILL REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE WORLD”: WHEN A WITNESS FALLS..

March 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

I have lost count of the number of times people have asked me where they can find  that “Canadian” case “you know, the one with the judge”.   It is a case about witness credibility, in a blunt style.  The Hearing Clinic…

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