ABSENT WITNESSES AND ADVERSE INFERENCES (AGAIN): WE DON’T WANT TO PAY YOU THE US$1,911,877,385 YOU ARE CLAIMING: BUT WE WON’T GIVE EVIDENCE

We are continuing with looking at the consequences of a party failing to call witnesses, or, as in this case, give no evidence of fact at all.  In this case the judge had no difficulty in stating his views as to the reason why the defendants did not call evidence. It may be sufficient to say that th...