PROVING THINGS 169: WHEN THE DEFENDANT CALLS NO (LAY) EVIDENCE AND TRIES TO PROVE ITS CASE THROUGH THE CLAIMANT’S WITNESSES

There are a number of interesting aspects of the judgment of HHJ Coe in Esegbona v King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (false imprisonment in hospital) [2019] EWHC 77 (QB). One of which is the defendant's failure to call any lay evidence. The other is the fact that the defendant's approach ...