GIVING THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF IN A WITNESS STATEMENT: NOT A MERE TECHNICALITY: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RULES CAN HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES

This blog has dealt, many times, with the difficulties  that  can arise when a solicitor makes a witness statement in support of an interlocutory application.  Not least there is a duty to give details of the source of information and belief.  Those difficulties are fully illustrated by the judgment...