WITNESS STATEMENTS: “COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRACTICE DIRECTION IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER BETWEEN THE PARTIES”: THE WITNESS IS “THE AUTHOR OF HIS OWN MISFORTUNE”

In Milford Investments Ltd v Lanyon Bowdler LLP [2024] EWHC 3227 (Comm) we see yet another example of a witness statement that does not comply with the rules. Although the defendant did not argue that the statement should not be admitted HHJ Pearce (sitting as a High Court Judge) stated that the maj...