APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS TRIAL JUDGE'S DECISION TO REFUSE TO ADMIT WITNESS STATEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKER THAT HAD NOT BEEN DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES

APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS TRIAL JUDGE’S DECISION TO REFUSE TO ADMIT WITNESS STATEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKER THAT HAD NOT BEEN DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES

November 9, 2022 · by · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

I am grateful to barrister Jake Rowley for drawing my attention to the judgment of Mr Justice Garnham in Correia v Williams [2022] EWHC 2824 (KB). Mr Justice Garnham refused an appeal when a judge had held that a witness…

COURT UPHOLDS TRIAL JUDGE'S DECISION NOT TO ALLOW A WITNESS TO GIVE "SUPPLEMENTARY EVIDENCE": THE WITNESS STATEMENT IS USUALLY THE START AND FINISH OF EVIDENCE IN CHIEF

COURT UPHOLDS TRIAL JUDGE’S DECISION NOT TO ALLOW A WITNESS TO GIVE “SUPPLEMENTARY EVIDENCE”: THE WITNESS STATEMENT IS USUALLY THE START AND FINISH OF EVIDENCE IN CHIEF

November 9, 2022 · by · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

The judgment of Mrs Justice Heather Williams in Lydford v Skinner [2021] EWHC 3783 (QB) could well appear in the “Proving Things” series. A claimant’s action for damages for personal injury failed because he failed to establish that an occupier was…

I'M PICKING UP BAD CITATIONS: USE LAW REPORTS - DON'T SURF THE NET

I’M PICKING UP BAD CITATIONS: USE LAW REPORTS – DON’T SURF THE NET

November 9, 2022 · by · in Appeals, Civil Procedure, Members Content

There is a short postscript to the judgment of Paul Bowen KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in YR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2022] EWHC 2813 (Admin), which is of general importance….