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 negligent when a wall collapsed.   However I want t...

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