WITNESS STATEMENTS THE TIMES WILL SOON BE CHANGING: “A SOMEWHAT OVERLAWYERED DOCUMENT”: “A LOT OF COMMENT THAT IS INADMISSIBLE”

The judgment of John Kimbell QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in One Blackfriars Ltd, Re [2021] EWHC 684 (Ch) provides a reminder as to why the strictures as to witness statements are being tightened next month.

"It struck me as being a somewhat over-lawyered document. I would estimate tha...