A “WHOLLY UNRELIABLE” WITNESS IS NOT NECESSARILY A DISHONEST ONE: ALLEGATIONS OF FUNDMENTAL DISHONESTY NOT ACCEPTED BY JUDGE

February 18, 2021 · by · in Civil evidence, Fundamental Dishonesty, Members Content, Witness statements

In Brint v Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 290 (QB) HHJ Platts (sitting as a High Court Judge) rejected the defendant's case that a witness who was "wholly unreliable" was also fundamentally dishonest.

 
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