CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 62: ASKING LEADING QUESTIONS WHEN INTERVIEWING WITNESSES – CAN (OR WILL) LEAD TO PROBLEMS

Examination in chief is rare in civil cases, many (perhaps most) practitioners will never have seen it done in court.   There is a rule against asking leading questions  when taking a witness through their evidence.   There is a good reason for this. Here we look at some cases that illustrate that p...