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63 YEARS OLD AND STILL ROLLING OFF THE PRESSES - MUNKMAN (& EXALL) ON DAMAGES - THE WRITING PROCESS

63 YEARS OLD AND STILL ROLLING OFF THE PRESSES – MUNKMAN (& EXALL) ON DAMAGES – THE WRITING PROCESS

January 16, 2020 · by gexall · in Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury

An earlier post looked at the previous 13 editions of Munkman on Damages for Personal Injury and Death, together with photos.   Since more people read law books than write them I thought it would be of interest to describe the…

GIVING EVIDENCE OF MATTERS THAT HAPPENED 17 YEARS EARLIER: AN EXAMPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

GIVING EVIDENCE OF MATTERS THAT HAPPENED 17 YEARS EARLIER: AN EXAMPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

January 16, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Clinical Negligence, Members Content, Witness statements

This blog has looked at the issues relating to memory and witness evidence many times.  Particularly the problems of people giving evidence many years after the event. An example of these difficulties can be seen in the judgment of Mrs…

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