WHEN SHOULD A SOLICITOR MAKE A WITNESS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THEIR CLIENTS? A REVIEW OF THE CASES

Last week I gave an in-house talk to a London firm of solicitors.*  One of the matters we discussed was when (if ever) it was appropriate for a solicitor to make a witness statement in support of an interlocutory application.   One result, I was told afterwards, was that the firm is having a major c...