HEARINGS WHEN WITNESSES GIVE EVIDENCE FROM ABROAD: SOME POINTS FOR PRACTITIONERS (AND JUDGES) TO WATCH: “IT WOULD ASSIST THE LOWER COURTS IF FORMAL CLARIFICATION IS GIVEN ADDRESSING THAT TENSION HEAD ON”

There have been a number of cases where litigants have run into difficulties because they  have not complied with the requirements for witnesses who give evidence  remotely from abroad.  We see an example of this case where there a conflict between the advice that the judge was being given by his co...