THE VULNERABLE CLAIMANT GIVING EVIDENCE: GROUND RULES AND INTERMEDIARIES: “I HAVE STRONG RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANY OF THE GROUND RULES WERE NECESSARY”
In the judgment today in Morrow v Shrewsbury Rugby Union Football Club Ltd [2020] EWHC 379 (QB) Mrs Justice Farbey considered a case that involved a vulnerable claimant. The judgment contains some scepticism as to whether the ground rules set…
NEW MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR WITNESS STATEMENTS IN APRIL: STATE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE STATEMENT WAS OBTAINED
It is worth isolating one aspect of the changes to the rules relating to witness statements coming into force in April as a result of The 113th update to Practice Direction Amendments. That is the mandatory obligation in every witness statement…
WITNESS STATEMENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES: CHANGES COMING INTO FORCE IN APRIL
The 113th update to Practice Direction Amendments introduces important changes to to witness statements in foreign languages (Coming into force from the 6th April 2020). CHANGES TO PRACTICE DIRECTION 22 – STATEMENTS OF TRUTH There are amendments and addition…
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