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WITNESS CREDIBILITY IN CIVIL LITIGATION: A REMINDER OF SOME KEY POINTS

WITNESS CREDIBILITY IN CIVIL LITIGATION: A REMINDER OF SOME KEY POINTS

August 17, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

Many, if not most, civil cases that get to trial rest on issues of witness credibility rather than issues of law.   These are the cases and decisions that rarely make the law reports, but do reflect the underlying reality of…

AN EXPERT WHO TENDED TOWARDS BEING AN ADVOCATE: YOU SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN ANOTHER CASE: THE NEED FOR A MEASURED RESPONSE

AN EXPERT WHO TENDED TOWARDS BEING AN ADVOCATE: YOU SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN ANOTHER CASE: THE NEED FOR A MEASURED RESPONSE

August 17, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Conduct, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

It may be indicative that there are such a large number of cases where judges have criticised experts for veering towards advocacy that I sometimes hesitate as to whether they merit writing about. However such a tendency was noted by…

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