CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 105: AN ADVOCATE SHOULD NOT GIVE EVIDENCE (NOR TRY TO SLIP IT INTO A SKELETON ARGUMENT)

This post follows the comments of the judge in a case we looked at  last week that "counsel cannot give evidence".  We have seen many examples on this site of judicial criticism that witness evidence is, in fact, commentary, submissions and an attempt to argue the case.  Here we review the converse ...