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WHEN A WITNESS GIVES DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS IN DIFFERENT STATEMENTS IT RARELY HELPS THEIR CASE: JUDGE FINDS IT "UNIMPRESSIVE"

WHEN A WITNESS GIVES DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS IN DIFFERENT STATEMENTS IT RARELY HELPS THEIR CASE: JUDGE FINDS IT “UNIMPRESSIVE”

April 12, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Personal Injury, Witness statements

In Parry v Johnson & Anor (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 889 (QB) Mr Justice Ritchie considered the evidence of the defendant driver in a road traffic case.  The defendant’s different accounts on different occasions did not help his cause.  The judge…

THE COURT SHOULD ASSESS COSTS SUMMARILY NOW: BUT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A "SIGNIFICANT HAIRCUT"

THE COURT SHOULD ASSESS COSTS SUMMARILY NOW: BUT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A “SIGNIFICANT HAIRCUT”

April 12, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

One of the things I regularly do on this blog is to post judgments relating to the summary assessment of costs.  These are not readily available elsewhere and this type of judgment is very popular with readers. The judgment of…

COURT REFUSES DEFENDANT'S APPLICATION THAT DEFENDANT'S KENYAN WITNESSES SHOULD APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK:

COURT REFUSES DEFENDANT’S APPLICATION THAT DEFENDANT’S KENYAN WITNESSES SHOULD APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK:

April 12, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Members Content, Remote hearings

In  Jackson v Hayes & Jarvis (Travel) Ltd [2022] EWHC 453 (QB) Mrs Justice Eady refused the defendant’s application that its witnesses give evidence by video link from Kenya. “I am left with, on the one hand, an absence of…

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