THE COURT CANNOT COMPEL A PARTY TO CALL A WITNESS: “PARTY AUTONOMY IS PARAMOUNT”

November 23, 2022 · by · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

In QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1541 (22 November 2022) the Court of Appeal held that the courts have no power to compel a party to call a witness.

"The starting proposition must be this: in civil litigation, a court has no general power to order one party to cal...

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